Explicit conditions for the oscillation of difference equations (Q2639265)

The author considers sufficient conditions for the oscillation of all solutions of the difference equation (*) \(A_{n+1}-A_ n+\sum^{n}_{i=1}p_ iA_{n-k_ i}=0,\) \(n=0,1,2,...\), where the \(p_ i's\) are real numbers and the \(k_ i's\) are integers. Four theorems for the oscillation of the solutions of (*) are obtained by means of careful analysis and comparing equation (*) with differential difference equations. Conditions are given explicitly in terms of the \(p_ i's\) and the \(k_ i's\).