Criteria of normality concerning the sequence of omitted functions (Q2828675)

The authors consider the normality of sequences of meromorphic functions concerning the sequence of omitted functions. One of the main results is the following. Let \(\{f_n(z)\}\) be a sequence of meromorphic functions in a domain \(D\) whose poles and zeros have multiplicities not less than \(k+2\), \(k\in \mathbb N\). Let \(\{b_n(z)\}\) be a sequence of meromorphic functions in \(D\) whose poles have multiplicities not less than \(k+1\), which converges in the spherical metric uniformly on the compact subsets of \(D\) to a meromophic funtion \(b(z)\). If \(f^{(k)}_n(z)\neq b_n(z)\), then \(\{f_n(z)\}\) is normal in \(D\). This result is a generalization of the theorem in [\textit{Q. Chen} et al., Sci. China, Math. 56, No. 9, 1821--1830 (2013; Zbl 1291.30229)].