On the order of growth of solutions of algebraic differential equations

Abstract

Assume that $f$ is an integer transcendental solution of the differential equation $P_n(z,f,f′)=P_{n−1}(z,f,f′,...,f(p))),$ $P_n, P_{n−1}$ are polynomials in all the variables, the order of $P_n$ with respect to $f$ and $f′$ is equal to $n$, and the order of $P_{n−1}$ with respect to $f, f′, ... f(p)$ is at most $n−1$. We prove that the order $ρ$ of growth of $f$ satisfies the relation $12 ≤ ρ < ∞$. We also prove that if $ρ = 1/2$, then, for some real $η$, in the domain $\{z: η < \arg z < η+2π\} E∗$, where $E∗$ is some set of disks with the finite sum of radii, the estimate $\ln f(z) = z^{1/2}(β+o(1)),\; β ∈ C$, is true (here, $z=\re i^{φ}, r ≥ r(φ) ≥ 0$, and if $z = \text{re } i^{φ}, r ≥ r(φ) ≥ 0$ and, on a ray $\{z: \arg z=η\}$, the relation $\ln |f(\text{re } i^{η})| = o(r^{1/2}), \; r → +∞,\; r > 0, r \bar \in \Delta$, holds, where $Δ$ is some set on the semiaxis $r > 0$ with mes $Δ < ∞$.