Oscillation theorems for second-order nonlinear delay difference equations

Author: Saker S. H.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0031-5303

Source: Periodica Mathematica Hungarica, Vol.47, Iss.1-2, 2003-01, pp. : 201-213

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Abstract

By means of Riccati transformation technique, we establish some new oscillation criteria for second-order nonlinear delay difference equation[Delta left(p_{n}left( Delta x_{n}right) ^{gamma }right)+q_{n}f(x_{n-sigma })=0,%quad n=0,1,2,dots,] when \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty }\left( \frac{1}{p_{n}}\right) ^{\frac{1}{\gamma }}=\infty . When \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty }\left( \frac{1}{p_{n}}\right) ^{\frac{1}{\gamma }}<\infty we present some sufficient conditions which guarantee that, every solution oscillates or converges to zero. When  \sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty }\left( \frac{1}{p_{n}}\right) ^{\frac{1}{\gamma }}=\infty holds, our results do not require the nonlinearity to be nondecreasing and are thus applicable to new classes of equations to which most previously known results are not.