On Kneser solutions of nonlinear third-order differential equations (Q5946931)

The paper concerns the third-order differential equation \(y'''(t)+q(t)y'(t)+f(y(t))=0\) on \([0,+\infty)\). Existence and asymptotic behaviour of Kneser solutions \(y\) are investigated, which are either positive, decreasing, and convex, or negative, increasing, and concave on some \([t_y,+\infty)\). A typical hypothesis states that the second-order auxiliary equation \(y''(t)+q(t)y(t)=0\) is nonoscillatory.