Growth of Solutions of Complex Differential Equations in a Sector of the Unit Disc

In this paper, we deal with the growth of solutions of homogeneous linear complex differential equation by using the concept of lower [\textit{p,q}]-order and lower [\textit{p,q}]-type in a sector of the unit disc instead of the whole unit disc, and we obtain similar results as in the case of the unit disc.Comment: 21 page

All admissible meromorphic solutions of Hayman's equation

We find all non-rational meromorphic solutions of the equation $ww"-(w')^2=\alpha(z)w+\beta(z)w'+\gamma(z)$, where $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ are rational functions of $z$. In so doing we answer a question of Hayman by showing that all such solutions have finite order. Apart from special choices of the coefficient functions, the general solution is not meromorphic and contains movable branch points. For some choices for the coefficient functions the equation admits a one-parameter family of non-rational meromorphic solutions. Nevanlinna theory is used to show that all such solutions have been found and allows us to avoid issues that can arise from the fact that resonances can occur at arbitrarily high orders. We actually solve the more general problem of finding all meromorphic solutions that are admissible in the sense of Nevanlinna theory, where the coefficients $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ are meromorphic functions.Comment: 11 page

Lower bounds on nodal sets of eigenfunctions via the heat flow

We study the size of nodal sets of Laplacian eigenfunctions on compact Riemannian manifolds without boundary and recover the currently optimal lower bound by comparing the heat flow of the eigenfunction with that of an artifically constructed diffusion process. The same method should apply to a number of other questions; for example, we prove a sharp result saying that a nodal domain cannot be entirely contained in a small neighbourhood of a 'reasonably flat' surface. We expect the arising concepts to have more connections to classical theory and pose some conjectures in that direction