On some higher order equations admitting meromorphic solutions in a given domain

This paper relates to a recent trend in complex differential equations which studies solutions in a given domain. The classical settings in complex equations were widely studied for meromorphic solutions in the complex plane. For functions in the complex plane, we have a lot of results of general nature, in particular, the classical value distributions theory describing numbers of a-points. Many of these results do not work for functions in a given domain. A recent principle of derivatives permits us to study the numbers of Ahlfors simple islands for functions in a given domain; the islands play, to some extend, a role similar to that of the numbers of simple a-points. In this paper, we consider a large class of higher order differential equations admitting meromorphic solutions in a given domain. Applying the principle of derivatives, we get the upper bounds for the numbers of Ahlfors simple islands of similar solutions.