A criterion of normality concerning holomorphic functions whose derivative omits a function

Abstract

The authors discuss the normality concerning holomorphic functions and get the following result. Let F be a family of holomorphic functions on a domain D ⊂ ℂ, all of whose zeros have multiplicity at least k, where k ≥ 2 is an integer. And let h(z) ≢ 0 be a holomorphic function on D. Assume also that the following two conditions hold for every f ∈ F: (a) f(z) = 0 ⇒ |f ^(k)(z)| < |h(z)|; (b) f ^(k)(z) ≠ h(z). Then F is normal on D.

Keywords

Normal family / Holomorphic functions / Omitted function

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