Further results about the value distribution of meromorphic function with its \(k\)-th derivative (Q2828631)

By means of Zalcman's rescaling lemma and Nevanlinna theory, the authors consider the value distribution of derivatives of a transcendental meromorphic function \(f(z)\) on \(\mathbb C\). Let \(a(z)\) be a meromorphic function of the form \(R(z)e^{\gamma(z)}\), where \(R\) is a rational function and \(\gamma\) is a transcendental entire function, and let \(k\geq2\) be an integer. They assume the following conditions on the growth order and the value distribution of \(f(z)\). Suppose \(\sigma(f)>\sigma(a)\), and assume that all zeros of \(f(z)\) have multiplicity at least \(k+1\), except possibly finitely many, and all poles of \(f(z)\) are multiple, except possibly finitely many. Then it is shown that the function \(f^{(k)}(z)-a(z)\) has infinitely many zeros. This result is a generalization of the results in [\textit{Y. Wang} and \textit{M. Fang}, Acta Math. Sin., New Ser. 14, No. 1, 17--26 (1998; Zbl 0909.30025)], [\textit{W. Bergweiler} and \textit{X. Pang}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 278, No. 2, 285--292 (2003; Zbl 1160.30341)] and [\textit{X. Liu} et al., J. Math. Anal. Appl. 348, No. 1, 516--529 (2008; Zbl 1151.30024)].