Value Distribution Theory

This book offers a brief introduction into value distribution theory, including recent developments in this field. The results and methods of the last 20 years are presented in 4 chapters for the first time in book form. The book will be of interest both to researchers and to graduate students who will find the necessary basic knowledge about Nevanlinna theory, normal family and Borel direction.

Inhalt
1 Essentials of Nevanlinna Theory.- 2 Normal Families.- 3 Borel Directions.- 4 Value Distribution of Meromorphic Functions Together with Their Derivatives.- 5 Recent Studies on Borel Directions.- 6 Deficient Values and Borel Directions of Meromorphic Functions.- 7 The Spread Relation and Its Applications.