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In this paper, we study the problem of normality of meromorphic functions with multiple values and obtain three normality criteria. Examples are given to illustrate that the conditions in our results are necessary.

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The research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China (grant no. 2018J01658) and by the Key Laboratory of Applied Mathematics of Fujian Province University (Putian University) (grant no. SX201801).

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Correspondence to Xiao-Hua Cai or Jun-Fan Chen.

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MSC2010 numbers: 30D45; 30D30

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Cai, XH., Chen, JF. Normal Families of Meromorphic Functions Concerning Zero Numbers. J. Contemp. Mathemat. Anal. 55, 54–66 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068362320010021

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