In ultrametric Nevanlinna theory, the Nevanlinna’s second main theorem for small functions has only been proved in the case of at most three small functions. In this paper, we prove a second main theorem for small functions of a special type when the residue characteristic of the field is zero.
Over a non-archimedean local field the absolute value, raised to any positive power , is a negative definite function and generates (the analogue of) the symmetric stable process. For , this process is transient with potential operator given by M. Riesz’ kernel. We develop this potential theory purely analytically and in an explicit manner, obtaining special features afforded by the non-archimedean setting ; e.g. Harnack’s inequality becomes an equality.
Let be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, complete for an ultrametric absolute value. We apply the -adic Nevanlinna theory to functional equations of the form , where , are meromorphic functions in , or in an “open disk”, satisfying conditions on the order of its zeros and poles. In various cases we show that and must be constant when they are meromorphic in all , or they must be quotients of bounded functions when they are meromorphic in an “open disk”. In particular,...