On the growth of solutions of some second-order linear differential equations (Q535534)

The paper is concerned with the growth of solutions of \[ f''+P(z)f'+Q(z)f=0, \] where \(P\) and \(Q\) are entire functions. In case \(P(z)=e^{-z}\) and \(Q(z)=A_1(z)e^{a_1z}+A_2(z)e^{a_2z}\) satisfy certain conditions on \(a_1\) ans \(a_2\), the authors prove that every non-zero solution of the above equation has infinite order and hyper-order 1. The proof is based on careful estimates of the logarithmic derivatives of the solutions and growth of the exponential type functions.