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The thesis describes the frequency of zeros of solutions to linear differential equations of type \[ f^{(k)}+ \sum^{k-1}_{i=0} A_i(z)f^{(i) }=0, \quad k\geq 2,\tag{1} \] where \(A_0,\dots,A_{k-1}\) are entire functions of finite order. Does have such equation a solution with an infinite exponent of convergence of zero sequences? The answer is affirmative for \[ f''+ A(z)f=0 \] when \(A\) is a transcendental function and \(\rho(A)\leq{1\over 2}\). \textit{St. B. Bank} and \textit{I. Laine} conjectured [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 273, 67-96 (1982; Zbl 0505.34026)] that is so if \(\rho(A)\notin \mathbb{Z}\). Up to now, this conjecture still remains open in general. In this work, the author obtained several results on the above problem for equation (1) such as the following theorem: Suppose that \(k\geq 2\) and that \(A_{k-1}(z)\equiv 0\). Let \(A_0,\dots, A_{k-2}\) be entire functions of finite order such that (i) \(A_0(z)\) is transcendental and \(T(r,A_0)\sim\log M(r,A_0)\); (ii) if \(\rho(A_0)>0\), then \(\rho(A_j)< \rho(A_0)\), \(j=1,2, \dots,k-2\); while if \(\rho(A_0)=0\), then each \(A_j\), \(j=1,2,\dots,k-2\), is a polynomial. Then equation (1) cannot have \(k\) linearly independent solutions \(f_1,\dots,f_k\) each with \(\lambda(f)<\infty\).