On the spherical derivative of a rational function

For a rational function f we consider the norm of the derivative with respect to the spherical metric and denote by K(f) the supremum of this norm. We give estimates of this quantity K(f) both for an individual function and for sequences of iterates.

Generalization of a theorem of Clunie and Hayman

Clunie and Hayman proved that if the spherical derivative of an entire function has order of growth sigma then the function itself has order at most sigma+1. We extend this result to holomorphic curves in projective space of dimension n omitting n hyperplanes in general position.