Growth of solutions of second order linear differential equations (Q2481822)

The authors study the growth of solutions of the linear differential equation \[ f''+ A_1(z) e^{az}f'+ A_0(z) e^{bz} f= H(z),\tag{2} \] where \(A_1(z)\), \(A_0(z)\) and \(H(z)\) are entire functions of order less than one, and \(a,b\in\mathbb{C}\). The authors prove the following theorems Theorem 1.1. Suppose that \(A_0\not\equiv 0\), \(A_1\not\equiv 0\), \(H\) are entire functions of order less than one, and the complex constants \(a\), \(b\) satisfy \(ab\neq 0\) and \(a\neq b\). Then every nontrivial solution \(f\) of (2) is of infinite order. Theorem 1.3. Suppose that \(A_0\not\equiv 0\), \(A_1\not\equiv 0\), \(D_0\), \(D_1\), \(H\) are entire functions of order less than one, and the complex constants \(a\), \(b\) satisfy \(ab\neq 0\) and \(b/a< 1\). Then every nontrivial solution \(f\) of equation \[ f''+ (A_1(z) e^{a\cdot z}+ D_1(z)) f'+ (A_0(z) e^{b\cdot z}+ D_0(z)) f= H(z) \] is of infinite order.