Normal families and fixed-points of meromorphic functions (Q258081)

In [Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 2, No. 1, 257--265 (2002; Zbl 1046.30014)], \textit{X. Pamh} et al. obtained the following condition: let \(k\in\mathbb N\), let \(\mathcal F\) be a family of meromorphic functions in a domain \(D\), all of whose zeros have multiplicity at least \((k+2)\) and whose poles are multiple. Let \(h\) (\(\neq0\)) be a holomorphic function on \(D\). If for each \(f\in\mathcal F\), \(f^{(k)}(z)\neq h(z)\), then \(\mathcal F\) is normal in \(D\). Later \textit{G. M. Zhang} et al. [Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 41, No. 1, 63--71 (2009; Zbl 1171.30010)] proved that for \(k\geq 2\), in the previous result, the multiplicity of zeros of functions in \(\mathcal F\) can be reduced from \((k+2)\) to \((k+1)\). In the present paper, the author considers the case \(h(z)=z\), for which \(f^{(k)}(z)\neq h(z)\) means that \(f^{(k)}\) has no fixed points. He proves the following: Theorem. Let \(k\in\mathbb{N}\), \(k\geq4\) and \(F\in\mathbb{R}\), \(F>1\). Let \(\mathcal F\) be a family of meromorphic functions in a domain \(D\). If for each \(f\in\mathcal F\), \(f\) has only zeros of multiplicity at least \(k\) and satisfies the conditions (a) \( f(z)=0 \Rightarrow |f^{(k)}(z)|\leq A|z|\), (b) \(f^{(k)}(z)\neq z\), (c) all poles of \(f\) are multiple, then \(\mathcal F\) is normal in \(D\). Also the special cases \(k=2,3\) are considered in the paper.