Two entire functions sharing one small function CM and two other small functions IM (Q5955578)

The author proves the following result: Let \(f\) and \(g\) be two nonconstant entire functions. Let \(a_1\), \(a_2\) and \(a_3\) be three distinct small meromorphic functions with respect to \(f\) and \(g\). If \(f\) and \(g\) share \(a_1\), \(a_2\) IM and share \(a_3\) CM, then \[ f=\frac{\alpha_1 g+ \beta_1}{\alpha_2 g +\beta_2}, \] where \(\alpha_i\), \(\beta_i\), \(i=1,2\), are small meromorphic functions with respect to \(f\) and \(g\). Here CM (resp., IM) is the abbreviation of counting multiplicity (resp., ignoring multiplicity). A more general result was obtained by \textit{P. Li} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 263, 316-326 (2001; Zbl 1007.30020)].