ON THE GROWTH OF ENTIRE FUNCTIONS WITH APPLICATIONS TO LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Let ${\rho}(A)$ and ${\rho}(B)$ denote the orders of entire functions $A(z)$ and $B(z)$ respectively. Suppose that ${\rho}(A)$ > 1 and 0 < ${\rho}(B){\leq}\frac{1}{2}$, and that ${\rho}$(A) is not an integer. Then it is shown that every nonconstant solution $f$ of $f^{{\prime}{\prime}}+A(z)f^{\prime}+B(z)f=0$ is of infinite order if all the zeros of $A(z)$ lie in a certain angular sector depending on its genus. In addition, we investigate some growth properties of $A(z)$.