On uniqueness of meromorphic functions in an angular domain (Q2480073)

Let \(f\) be a transcendental meromorphic function, and let \(\rho(r)\) be a continuous and nondecreasing function tends to \(\infty\) as \(r\to\infty\). We denote by \(M(\rho(r))\) the set of all meromorphic functions satisfying \(\limsup_{r\to\infty}\log T(r,f)/\log U(r)= 1\), where \(U(r)= e^{\rho(r)}\). The author considers the uniqueness problem on the class \(M(\rho(r))\) defined by a proximate order with some angular conditions. Concerning the proximate order, see e.g., \textit{C. Chuang} [Sci. Sin. 10, 171--181 (1961; Zbl 0102.04704)]. Let \(X\) be a domain in \(\mathbb{C}\), and \(S\) be a set of complex numbers. Denote \(E_X(S, f)=\bigcup_{a\in S}\{z\in\overline X|f(z)= a\}\). The author defines \(S_1= \{0\}\), \(S_2= \{\infty\}\) and \(S_3= \{w| w^n(w+ a)- b= 0\}\), where \(n\in\mathbb{N}\) and the algebraic equation \(w^n(w+a)- b= 0\) has nomultiple roots. It is mentioned that the following is proved. Let \(f,g\in M(\rho(r))\) and suppose that \(\delta(\infty, f)> 0\). Let \(X= \{z|\arg z-\theta|< \varepsilon\}\), where \(\varepsilon> 0\) and \(0\leq\theta< 2\pi\). Suppose that \(n\geq 3\) in the definition of \(S_3\), and for some \(a\in\mathbb{C}\), \[ \limsup_{r\to\infty}\, \log n(r,\theta, \varepsilon/3, a)/\log U(r)= 1. \] If \(E_{\mathbb{C}}(S_1, f)= E_{{\mathbb{C}}}(S_1, g)\) and \(E_X(S_j, f)= E_X(S_j, g)\), \(j= 2,3\), then \(f\equiv g\).