Classification schemes for positive solutions to a second-order nonlinear difference equation

DOI10.1016/S0377-0427(98)00189-7MaRDI QIDQ1300794zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Guang Zhang, Ying Gao, Sui Sun Cheng

Publication date 16 January 2001

Published in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0427(98)00189-7

\(\omega\)-condition approximate solution eventually positive solution nonlinear difference equation sublinear function superlinear function

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The authors classify difference equations of the form \(\Delta(r_ng(\Delta x_n))+f(n,x_n)=0\), \(n=K, K+1,\ldots\), for all eventually positive solutions under the assumptions that \(R_K=\sum_{n=K}^\infty g^{-1}\left(1/r_n\right)<\infty\) or \(=\infty\). Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of these solutions are also provided. The following types of functions are used. The function \(f\) is superlinear or sublinear if, for each integer \(n\), \(f(n,x)/x\) is nondecreasing or nonincreasing, respectively, as \(x>0\) increases. The function \(g\) satisfies the \(\omega\)-condition if \(g^{-1}(uv)=\omega g^{-1}(u)g^{-1}(v)\) for some \(\omega>0\) and all \(u\) and \(v\).

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