# why do we need to study entire curves?

Good afternoon,

I'm just curious about this question, because I see that there are a lot of papers which study the value distribution of an entire curve $f\colon \mathbb{C}\to X,$ with X a complex manifold by using Nevanlinna theory. But I don't know the motivation of this research.

My question : Why do we need to study entire curves? Could anyone tell me some references or notes which mention these motivations? And beside the value distribution, what other aspects of entire curves do we want to know/study?

Duc Anh

• So far, I haven't needed it. – Fernando Muro Sep 16 '12 at 9:32
• I am always very thrown off when people use the word "need" in this context. Where does this need come from? Who told you that you need to study entire curves? – Qiaochu Yuan Sep 18 '12 at 3:27
• As i said in the my question, this question comes from the fact I see that there a lot of papers which deal with the value distribution of an entire curve. So I'm just curious about the motivation of these researches. I don't know well English, so maybe my usage of the word "need" make people misunderstand. – Đức Anh Sep 18 '12 at 3:40