1、ForewordThe present collection is compiled from papers written by participants ofthe Research Seminar on the Theory of Functions at Kharkov University.Forthe most part,the papers are related to the theory of entire and subharmonicfunctions.The seminar was founded in 1953 by B.Ya.Levin and is still f
2、unctioningtoday.The scope of subjects at the seminar was not restricted.The talksgiven by its participants were related to various problems in the theory offunctions and functional analysis and to adjacent problems in calculus andmathematical physics.Among the most active participants of the seminar
3、 in different years wereV.S.Azarin,A.F.Grishin,V.P.Gurarii,A.E.Eremenko,M.I.Kadets,V.E.Katsnelson,Yu.I.Lyubarskii,V.I.Matsaev,V.D.Milman,I.V.Os-trovskii,L.I.Ronkin,M.L.Sodin,V.A.Tkachenko,and other well-knownmathematicians.Mathematicians from other cities and from abroad oftenvisit the seminar.The present collection contains works reported recently atthe seminar.March 1992B.LevinTranslated by V.A.TKACHENKO带