Oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of nonlinear functional dynamic equations of third order (Q2158457)

This paper is concerned with establishing sufficient conditions for the oscillation of all solutions of the third-order dynamic equation \[ \left\{ p_2(\xi)\phi_{\gamma_2}\left( \left[ p_1(\xi)\phi_{\gamma_1}\left(y^{\Delta}(\xi)\right) \right]^{\Delta} \right) \right\}^{\Delta} + p(\xi)\phi_{\beta}(y(g(\xi)))=0,\tag{1} \] where \(\mathbb{T}\) is a time scale unbounded above. The following notation is used: \[ y^{[i]}(\xi) = p_i(\xi)\phi_{\gamma_i}\left( \left[ y^{[i-1]}(\xi) \right]^{\Delta} \right), \quad y^{[0]}(\xi)=y \] The following functions are crucial for the main results: \[ H_0(v,u) = \dfrac{1}{p_2^{\frac{1}{\gamma_2}}(v)}, \quad H_i(v,u) = \phi_{\gamma_{i-1}}\left( \displaystyle\int_u^v \phi_{\gamma_{i-1}}^{-1}\left( \dfrac{H_{i-1}(\tau,u)}{p_{i-1}(\tau)} \right)\Delta\tau \right). \] Inequalities for \(H_1\) and \(H_2\) are derived, which are used to prove one of the main results: if \(\ell >0\), \(T \in [\xi_0,\infty)_{\mathbb{T}}\) is sufficiently large, \[ \displaystyle\liminf_{\xi \rightarrow \infty} H_1^{\gamma_2}(\xi,T)\displaystyle\int_{\xi}^{\infty} \left( \dfrac{H_2^{\beta}(\psi(\tau),T)}{H_1^{\alpha}(\tau,T)} \right)^{\frac{1}{\gamma_1}} p(\tau)\Delta \tau > \dfrac{\gamma_2^{\gamma_2}}{\ell^{\gamma_2|\gamma_2-1|}(\gamma_2+1)^{\gamma_2+1}},\tag{2} \] and (1) has nonoscillatory solution \(y\), then \(y^{[i]}\) converges for \(i=0,1,2\). The other main result assumes condition (29) in the paper and either \[ \displaystyle\limsup_{\xi \rightarrow \infty} \displaystyle\int_{g(\xi)}^{\xi} H_2^{\gamma_2}(g(\tau),g(\xi))p(\tau)\Delta\tau > 1, \] or \[ \displaystyle\limsup_{\xi\rightarrow\infty} \displaystyle\int_{g(\xi)}^{\xi} \left( \dfrac{1}{p_1(\tau)} \displaystyle\int_{\tau}^{\xi} \left( \dfrac{1}{p_2(\omega)}\displaystyle\int_{\omega}^{\xi} p(s)\Delta s \right)^{\frac{1}{\gamma_2}} \Delta\omega\right)^{\frac{1}{\gamma_1}} \Delta\tau > 1, \] then all solutions to (1) are oscillatory.