Oscillation of higher order strongly superlinear and strongly sublinear difference equations (Q2925907)

The mathematical object of the paper is the \(m\)th-order nonlinear difference equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \triangle^mx(t) + f(t,x(t)) = 0\;,\;m>2, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE with \(\triangle\) the forward difference operator \((\triangle x)(t)=x(t+1)-x(t)\). Also, \(f\) is continuous in both arguments and \(f(t,\cdot)\) is non-decreasing for \(t\geq t_0\in N(t_0)\) and \(sgn\;f(t,x) = sgn\;x\). Also, \(f\) may be either strongly superlinear NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \displaystyle{{{|f(t,x)|}\over{|x|^\beta}}\leq {{|f(t,y)|}\over{|y|^\beta}} \text{ for}\;|x|\leq|y|\;,\;xy>0\;,\;t>t_0,\,\,\beta>1, }NEWLINE\]NEWLINE or strongly sublinear NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \displaystyle{{{|f(t,x)|}\over{|x|^\gamma}}\geq {{|f(t,y)|}\over{|y|^\gamma}}\text{ for}\;|x|\leq|y|\;,\;xy>0\;,\;t>t_0,\,\;\gamma \in(0,1).} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The paper contains some new results for the oscillation of the solution in the superlinear/sublinear case. Additionally, if NEWLINE\[NEWLINE |f(t,x)|\leq a(t) + b(t)|x|^\gamma \;,\;\forall(t,x)\in N(t_0)\times R\;,\;\gamma\in (0,1) \;,\;a(t)\geq 0\;,\;b(t)\geq 0, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE sufficient conditions are given for NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \displaystyle{\lim_{t\rightarrow\infty}(\triangle^{m-1}x)(t)=c\;,\;\lim_{t\rightarrow\infty} {{x(t)}\over{t^{m-1}}} = {{c}\over{(m-1)!}}}. NEWLINE\]