Solutions to difference equations have few defects

DOI10.1007/S40315-022-00437-5MaRDI QIDQ6158239zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Patrick Ingram

Publication date 31 May 2023

Published in Computational Methods and Function Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02975

zbMATH Keywords

defectdifference equationmeromorphic functionorder of growthsecond main theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Functional equations in the complex plane, iteration and composition of analytic functions of one complex variable (30D05) Value distribution of meromorphic functions of one complex variable, Nevanlinna theory (30D35)

Abstract: We demonstrate a strong form of Nevanlinna's Second Main Theorem for solutions to difference equations f(z+1)=R(z, f(z)), with the coefficients of R growing slowly relative to f, and R of degree at least 2 in the second coordinate.

Review text

The author investigates the difference equation \[ f(z+1)=R(z,f(z)), \] where \(R(z,f(z))\) is a rational function in \(w\), with coefficients meromorphic in \(z\), growing slowly relative to \(f\), and \(\deg_w(R(z,w))\geq2\). The main result is a strong form of Nevanlinna's Second Main Theorem for solutions of this equation, and generalizes \textit{N. Yanagihara}'s result [Funkc. Ekvacioj, Ser. Int. 23, 309--326 (1980; Zbl 0474.30024); Funkc. Ekvacioj, Ser. Int. 24, 113--124 (1981; Zbl 0474.30025)] from the case of constant coefficients, and from omitted values to defects. Theorem. Let \(f\) be a solution to \(f(z+1)=R(z,f(z))\), suppose that \(\deg_w(R)\geq2\), that the coefficients of \(R\) are slow-growing relative to \(f\), and that \(a\in\mathbb{C}\) is ordinary for \(R\). Then the defect \(\delta_f(a)=0\) and in fact \(m_f(r;a)=o(T_f(r ))\) as \(r\to\infty\) outside of some set of finite measure.

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