A heuristic principle for a nonessential isolated singularity
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- by David Minda
- Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 443-447
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0773999-3
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Abstract:
A heuristic principle in function theory claims that a family of holomorphic (meromorphic) functions which share a property $P$ in a region $\Omega$ is likely to be normal in $\Omega$ if $P$ cannot be possessed by nonconstant entire (meromorphic) functions in the finite plane. L. Zalcman established a rigorous version of this principle. An analogous principle for a nonessential singularity is plausible: If a holomorphic (meromorphic) function $f$ has an isolated singularity at ${z_0}$, and in a deleted neighborhood of ${z_0}$ the function $f$ has a property $P$ which cannot be possessed by nonconstant entire (meromorphic) functions in the finite plane, then ${z_0}$ is a nonessential singularity. We establish a rigorous version of the principle for holomorphic functions that is very similar to Zalcman’s precise statement of the other principle. However, this rendition of the heuristic principle for a nonessential singularity fails for meromorphic functions in contrast to Zalcman’s solution.References
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Bibliographic Information
- © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 443-447
- MSC: Primary 30D45; Secondary 30C80
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0773999-3
- MathSciNet review: 773999