Comparison criteria for nonlinear functional dynamic equations of higher order (Q1727459)

Summary: We will consider the higher order functional dynamic equations with mixed nonlinearities of the form \(x^{\left[n\right]} \left(t\right) + \sum_{j = 0}^N p_j \left(t\right) \phi_{\gamma_j} \left(x \left(\varphi_j \left(t\right)\right)\right) = 0\), on an above-unbounded time scale \(\mathbb{T}\), where \(n \geq 2\), \(x^{\left[i\right]}(t) := r_i(t) \phi_{\alpha_i} \left[\left(x^{\left[i - 1\right]}\right)^{\Delta}(t)\right], i = 1, \ldots, n - 1\), with \(x^{\left[0\right]} = x\), \(\phi_\beta(u) := \left|u\right|^\beta \operatorname{sgn} u\), and \(\alpha [i, j] := \alpha_i \cdots \alpha_j\). The function \(\varphi_i : \mathbb{T} \to \mathbb{T}\) is a rd-continuous function such that \(\lim_{t \to \infty} \varphi_i(t) = \infty\) for \(j = 0,1, \ldots, N\). The results extend and improve some known results in the literature on higher order nonlinear dynamic equations.