Abstract:
We derive the following estimate for the quantity $m\bigl(r,\frac{f'}f\bigr)$ of the Nevanlinna theory of the distribution of values characterizing the growth of the logarithmic derivative of a meromorphic function $f(z)$, $f(0)=1$, $0<r<R<\infty$:
$$
m\bigl(r,\frac{f'}f\bigr)<\ln+\biggl[\frac{T(R,f)}r\Bigl(\frac R{R-r}\Bigr)^2\biggr]+6,0684.
$$ This estimate is more accurate than that obtained earlier by Vu Ngoyan and I. V. Ostrovskii.