# we-solve research prompt: Math-1933, Holomorphic curves with bounded spherical derivative

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/holomorphic-curves-with-bounded-spherical-derivative/).

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3700041; source catalogue code AMR-036-0041
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\section*{Holomorphic curves with bounded spherical derivative}\label{3700041}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3700041 · AMR-036-0041 · Analysis · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $n\geq2$ and let $f=[F_0:\cdots:F_n]$
be a holomorphic map from $\mathbb C$ to
$\mathbb P^n$, with entire coordinates having no
common zero. Define
\[
 \|f'\|^2=
 \frac{\sum_{i<j}|F_i'F_j-F_iF_j'|^2}
                  {(\sum_i|F_i|^2)^2}.
\]
Suppose $\|f'\|(z)\leq C|z|^\sigma$ for
$|z|\geq1$, with some $\sigma>-1$ and
finite $C$.
Let $H_1,\ldots,H_q$ be distinct hyperplanes
in general position: every at most $n+1$
of their defining linear forms are independent.
Require that $f(\mathbb C)$ is contained in
none of these hyperplanes.

Write $g_j=\ell_j(F)$ for a defining
linear form and let $n_j(t)$ count its
zeros in $|z|\leq t$ with multiplicity.
Put
\[
 N_j(r)=n_j(0)\log r+
           \int_0^r\frac{n_j(t)-n_j(0)}t\,dt,\qquad
 T(r)=\frac1{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\log\|F(re^{it})\|\,dt
                                      -\log\|F(0)\|.
\]

Must there be constants $C',R>0$, depending
on the curve and hyperplanes, such that
\[
          \sum_{j=1}^q N_j(r)
                \geq(q+1-n)T(r)-C'r^{\sigma+1}
                       \quad(r\geq R)?
\]
No exceptional set of radii is allowed.
All intersection multiplicities are counted;
the functions are not truncated counting functions.
Linear nondegeneracy relative to every possible
hyperplane is not assumed, only avoidance of
containment in the specified targets. The
growth condition controls the spherical derivative
throughout the plane at infinity.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does a polynomial bound on the spherical derivative force the strengthened hyperplane-counting inequality with the stated error term?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3700041 (AMR-036-0041), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Eremenko - My favorite unsolved problems, Duval–da Costa conjecture. Original source indexed by AMR-036-0041.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/uns1.html}.
\item[S3] A. Eremenko, Holomorphic curves with bounds on the spherical derivative. Author-maintained primary problem note.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/dvi/dacosta.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-036-0041

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3700041
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
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Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
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Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)