Nonvanishing derivatives and normal families |
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Authors: | Walter Bergweiler J K Langley |
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Institution: | 1.Mathematisches Seminar,Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t zu Kiel,Kiel,Germany;2.School of Mathematical Sciences,University of Nottingham,UK |
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Abstract: | We consider the differential operators Ψ
k
, defined by Ψ1(y) =y and Ψ
k+1(y)=yΨ
k
y+d/dz(Ψ
k
(y)) fork ∈ ℕ fork∈ ℕ. We show that ifF is meromorphic in ℂ and Ψ
k
F has no zeros for somek≥3, and if the residues at the simple poles ofF are not positive integers, thenF has the formF(z)=((k-1)z+a)/(z
2+β
z+γ) orF(z)=1/(az+β) where α, β, γ ∈ ℂ. If the residues at the simple poles ofF are bounded away from zero, then this also holds fork=2. We further show that, under suitable additional conditions, a family of meromorphic functionsF is normal if each Ψ
k
(F) has no zeros. These conditions are satisfied, in particular, if there exists δ>0 such that Re (Res(F, a)) <−δ for all polea of eachF in the family. Using the fact that Ψ
k
(f
′/f) =f
(k)/f, we deduce in particular that iff andf
(k) have no zeros for allf in some familyF of meromorphic functions, wherek≥2, then {f
′/f :f ∈F} is normal.
The first author is supported by the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development G.I.F., G-643-117.6/1999,
and INTAS-99-00089. The second author thanks the DAAD for supporting a visit to Kiel in June–July 2002. Both authors thank
Günter Frank for helpful discussions. |
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