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Oscillation results on y″ + Ay = 0 in the complex domain with transcendental entire coefficients which have extremal deficiencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Y. M. Chiang
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Division of MathematicsBolton Institute of Higher EducationDeane Road Bolton BL3 5ABEngland
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Abstract

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Let A(z) be a transcendental entire function and f1, f2 be linearly independent solutions of

We prove that if A(z) has Nevanlinna deficiency δ(0, A) = 1, then the exponent of convergence of E: = flf2 is infinite. The theorems that we prove here are similar to those in Bank, Laine and Langley [3].

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Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1995

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