“…Note that if fz n g denotes the sequence of all zeros and poles of a function f A N, then X n ð1 À jz n jÞ < y: ð1:3Þ For a A ð0; 1, we will also make use of the more restrictive condition S ¼ X n ð1 À jz n jÞ a < y ð1:4Þ for the zero/pole sequences fz n g. The convergence condition (1.4) is studied, for example, in [1,7,8,9,11,12], which typically deal with the problem of when the derivatives of a Blaschke product can belong to the Hardy spaces H p , and hence to the Nevanlinna class N. See [3] for the basic theory of Hardy spaces. If fz n g is a sequence of nonzero points in D satisfying (1.4) for some a A ð0; 1, then the product…”