Some new findings concerning value distribution of a pair of delay-differential polynomials

Abstract

The paired Hayman's conjecture of different types are considered. More accurately speaking, the zeros of a pair of $f^{n}L(z,g)-a_1(z)$ and $g^{m}L(z,f)-a_2(z)$ are characterized using different methods from those previously employed, where $f$ and $g$ are both transcendental entire functions, $L(z,f)$ and $L(z,g)$ are non-zero linear delay-differential polynomials, $\min \{n,m\}\ge 2$, $a_1,a_2$ are non-zero small functions with relative to $f$ and $g$, or to $f^n(z)L(z,g)$ and $g^m(z)L(z,f)$, respectively. These results give answers to three open questions raised by Gao, Liu[Bull. Korean Math. Soc. 59 (2022)] and Liu, Liu[J. Math. Anal. Appl. 543 (2025)].