Properties of solutions of \(u''+g(t)u^{2n-1} = 0\). II (Q2523426): Difference between revisions

The author considers the equation of the title first with \(g\) continuous and \(g(t) > 0\) for all large \(t\). He shows that there can exist a solution which is bounded or unbounded and oscillatory or non-oscillatory. Moreover, if \(n=1\) he constructs an equation having an oscillatory solution \(u\) for which \(\lim_{t\to\infty} u(t) = 0\), and if \(n>1\) and \(u\) is an oscillatory solution with \(\lim_{t\to\infty} u(t) = 0\) he shows that \[ \frac{2M}{A} < \int_a^b g(t)\,dt \] where \(a < b\) are two consecutive large zeros of \(u\), \(M\) is the maximum of \(\vert u(t)\vert\) in \([a, b]\), and \(A\) is the area between the \(t\)-axis and the graph of \(u\) in \([a, b]\). If \(g\) is continuous and \(g(t) < 0\) for large \(t\), then every solution which is defined for large \(t\) is eventually monotone, and there can exist a solution \(u\) for which the limit of \(u(t)\) as \(t\to\infty\) is \(+\infty, -\infty, c\ne 0\text{ or }0\). For part I see [Monatsh. Math. 66, 55--60 (1962; Zbl 0101.30603)].