Distributions of zeros of solutions for third-order differential equations with variable coefficients (Q1664796)

Summary: For the third-order linear differential equations of the form \(\left(r(t) x^{\prime \prime}(t)\right)^\prime + p(t) x^\prime(t) + q(t) x(t) = 0\), we will establish lower bounds for the distance between zeros of a solution and/or its derivatives. The main results will be proved by making use of Hardy's inequality and some generalizations of Opial and Wirtinger type inequalities.