Nonoscillatory solutions of a second-order nonlinear discrete system (Q2383816)

The paper deals with the coupled nonlinear difference system \[ \begin{cases}\Delta(\Phi_{\alpha}(\Delta x_k))=-\varphi_k f(y_{k+1}),\\ \Delta(\Phi_{\beta}(\Delta y_k))=\psi_k g(x_{k+1}),\end{cases}\leqno(S) \] where \(\Delta\) is the forward operator defined by \(\Delta x_k=x_{k+1}-x_k\), \(\Phi_{\lambda}(u)=| u| ^{\lambda-1}\text{sgn} \,u\), with \(\lambda>1\) (\(\lambda:=\alpha,\,\beta\)), \((\varphi_k)_k,\,\,(\psi_k)_k\) are positive sequences, and \(f,\,g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) are continuous nondecreasing functions, with \(uf(u)>0\), \(ug(u)>0\) for any \(u\not=0\). Some properties concerning the asymptotic behavior of nonoscillatory solutions of \((S)\) are presented, and a classification of these solutions into four classes is obtained. The authors give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions in each class, in terms of convergence or divergence of certain series involving coefficients and nonlinearities of \((S)\). The multiplicity of solutions is also analyzed, and explicit asymptotic formulas are obtained.