Existence and properties of meromorphic solutions of some \(q\)-difference equations (Q318630)

Let \(f\) be an admissible meromorphic solution of \[ \prod_{j=1}^n f(q_j z) = R(z,f(z)), \] where \(q_j\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\{0,1\}\) for all \(j\in\{1,\ldots,n\}\) and \(R(z,f(z))\) is rational in \(f(z)\) having meromorphic coefficients. In the paper under review the authors show that if \(\deg_f(R(z,f))>n\), then \(f\) cannot be of zero order. Similarly, the authors show that the equation above does not have any admissible zero-order entire solutions in the case \(\deg_f(R(z,f))\not=n\). In addition, the authors give growth estimates for meromorphic solutions of the equation above, and consider their value distribution.