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A Short Note On The Order Of a Meromorphic Matrix Valued
Function.
1
Subhas S. Bhoosnurmath, 2K.S.L.N.Prasad
1
2
Department of Mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwad-580003-INDIA
Associate Professor, Department Of Mathematics, Karnatak Arts College, Dharwad-580001, INDIA
ABSTRCT: In this paper we have compared the orders of two meromorphic matrix valued functions A(z) and
B(z) whose elements satisfy a similar condition as in Nevanlinna-Polya theorem on a complex domain D.
KEYWORDS: Nevanlinna theory, Matrix valued meromorphic functions.
Preliminaries: We define a meromorphic matrix valued function as in [2].
By a matrix valued meromorphic function A(z) we mean a matrix all of whose entries are meromorphic on the
whole (finite) complex plane.
A complex number z is called a pole of A(z) if it is a pole of one of the entries of A(z), and z is called a zero of
A(z) if it is a pole of  A  z  
1
.
For a meromorphic m  m matrix valued function A(z),
let m  r , A  
2
1
2
 log

A re
i

d
(1)
0
where A has no poles on the circle z  r .
Here,
A z 

x  C
r
Set N  r , A  

0
A  z x
Max
x 1
n t , A 
n
(2)
dt
t
where n(t, A) denotes the number of poles of A in the disk z : z  t  , counting multiplicities.
Let T(r, A) = m(r, A) + N(r, A)
The order of A is defined by   lim sup
log T  r , A

log r
r 
We wish to prove the following result
 f1 (z) 
 g 1 (z) 
and B  

 be two meromorphic matrix valued functions. If fk and gk
f 2 (z )
g 2 (z )
Theorem: Let A  
(k=1, 2) satisfy
f1 (z)
2
 f 2 (z)
2

g 1 (z)
2
 g 2 (z)
2
(1)
on a complex domain D, the n  A   B , where  A and  B are the orders of A and B respectively.
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We use the following lemmas to prove our result.
Lemma 1[3] [ The Nevanlinna –Polya theorem]
Let n be an arbitrary fixed positive integer and for each k (k = 1, 2, … n) let f k and gk be analytic
functions of a complex variable z on a non empty domain D.
If fk and gk (k = 1,2,…n) satisfy
n

n
f k (z)
k 1
2


g k (z)
2
k 1
on D and if f1,f2,…fn are linearly independent on D, then there exists an n  n unitary matrix C, where each of
the entries of C is a complex constant such that
 g 1 (z)
 g (z)
2



 g n (z)


 f1 (z)

 f (z)
2


 C

 .



 f n (z)









holds on D.
Lemma 2 Let fk and gk be as defined in our theorem (k = 1,2). Then there exists a 2  2 unitary matrix C where
each of the entries of C is a complex constant such that
B = CA
(2)
where A and B are as defined in the theorem.
Proof of Lemma 2
We consider the following two cases.
Case A: If f1, f2 are linearly independent on D, then the proof follows from the Nevanlinna – Polya theorem.
Case B: If f1 and f2 are linearly dependent on D, then there exists two complex constants c 1, c2, not both zero
such that
c1 f1(z) + c2 f2 (z) = 0
(3)
We discuss two subcases
Case B1 : If c2  0, then by (3) we get
f 2 (z) 
 c1
c2
(4)
f1 (z)
holds on D.
If we set b =
 c1
c2
, then by (4) we have f2(z) = b f1(z) on D.
(5)
Hence (1) takes the form
2
(1  b
) f 1 (z)
2
 g 1 (z)
2
 g 2 (z)
2
.
(6)
We may assure that f1  0 on D. Otherwise the proof is trivial.

Hence by (6), we get
2
g 1 (z)
f1 (z)
2

g 2 (z)
1 b
2
(7)
f1 (z)
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Taking the Laplacians  


2
 x

2
2
 z
of both sides of (7) with respect to z = x + iy (x, y real),
2
we get
 g 1 (z)


 f1 (z)
Since  P(z)
2
2





 g 2 (z)
 

 f1 (z)
2
 4 P  (z)
 g 1 (z)


 f1 (z)




2

 0
(8)
, [14] where P is an analytic function of z, by (8), we get


  0,


 g 2 (z)


 f1 (z)


  0


Hence, g1(z) = c f1(z) and g2(z) = d f1(z)
(9)
where c, d are complex constants.
2
Substituting (9) in (7), we get c
 d
2
1 b
2
(10)
Let us define




U :





and
1
1
b

2
b
1
b
2
b
c
1
2
1
1




V :





b
1
b
2
d

2
b
1 b
d
2
c
2
1 b
1 b
2


















(11)
(12)
Then, it is easy to prove that

U 



and V 


1 b
0
1 b
0
2
2

1 
   
b 



c
   
d 


Set C = V U-1
(13)
(14)
(15)
Since all 2  2 unitarly matrices form a group under the standard multiplication of matrices, by (15), C is a 2  2
unitary matrix.
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1
Now, by (13), we have U

1
1 b
   
 
b

0

2




(16)
Thus, we have on D,
 f1 (z) 
1
C 
  f1 (z) C  
 
b
f 2 (z )

 f1 (z) V  U



 f1 (z) V 


-1
, by (5)
1
   , by (15)
 
b
1 b
2
0

 , by (16)


c
 f 1 ( z )   , by (14)
 
d
 g 1 (z) 
 
 ,
g 2 (z )
by (9)
Hence, the result.
Case B2. Let c2 = 0 and c1  0.
Then by (3), we get f1 = 0.
Hence, by (1), f 2 (z)
2

g 1 (z)
2
 g 2 (z)
2
(17)
holds on D.
By (17) and by a similar argument as in case B 1, we get the result.
Proof of the theorem
By Lemma 2, we have B = CA where A and B are as defined in the theorem.
Therefore,
T(r, B) = T(r, CA)
using the basics of Nevanlinna theory[2], we can show that,
T(r, B)  T(r, A) as T(r,C)=o{T(r,f}
On further simpler simplifications, we get
B  A
.
(18)
By inter changing fk and gk (k=1, 2) in Lemma 2,
we get A =CB , which implies
T(r, A)  T(r, B) and hence  A   B
(19)
By (18) and (19), we have  A   B
Hence the result.
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