• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.137-147
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• 2015

Let f be a transcendental meromorphic function of finite order in the plane such that $f^{(m)}$ has finitely many zeros for some positive integer $m{\geq}2$. Suppose that $f^{(k)}$ and f share a CM, where $k{\geq}1$ is a positive integer, $a{\neq}0$ is a finite complex value. Then f is an entire function such that $f^{(k)}-a=c(f-a)$, where $c{\neq}0$ is a nonzero constant. The results in this paper are concerning a conjecture of Bruck [5]. An example is provided to show that the results in this paper, in a sense, are the best possible.