Slowly growing solutions of ODEs revisited

Abstract: Solutions of the differential equation $f''+Af=0$ are considered assuming that $A$ is analytic in the unit disc $\mathbb{D}$ and satisfies \begin{equation} \label{eq:dag} \sup_{z\in\mathbb{D}} \, |A(z)| (1-|z|^2)^2 \log\frac{e}{1-|z|} < \infty. \tag{$\star$} \end{equation} By recent results in the literature, such restriction has been associated to coefficient conditions which place all solutions in the Bloch space $\mathcal{B}$. In this paper it is shown that any coefficient condition implying \eqref{eq:dag} fails to detect certain cases when Bloch solutions do appear. The converse problem is also addressed: What can be said about the growth of the coefficient $A$ if all solutions of $f''+Af=0$ belong to $\mathcal{B}$? An overall revised look into slowly growing solutions is presented, emphasizing function spaces $\mathcal{B}$, $\rm{BMOA}$ and $\rm{VMOA}$.