Hypertranscendency of Perturbations of Hypertranscendental Functions

Abstract

Inspired by the work of Bank on the hypertranscendence of $\Gamma e^h$ where $\Gamma$ is the Euler gamma function and $h$ is an entire function, we investigate when a meromorphic function $f{e}^g$ cannot satisfy any algebraic differential equation over certain field of meromorphic functions, where $f$ and $g$ are meromorphic and entire on the complex plane, respectively. Our results (Theorem 1 and 2) give partial solutions to Bank's Conjecture (1977) on the hypertranscendence of $\Gamma e^h$. We also give some sufficient conditions for hypertranscendence of meromorphic function of the form $f+g$, $f\cdot g$ and $f\circ g$ in Theorem 3 and 4.

To appear in JMAA