Oscillations of difference equations with general advanced argument (Q424107)

The authors investigate the oscillatory behavior of the first order linear difference equation with general advanced argument and variable coefficients of the form \[ \nabla x(n) - p(n)x(\tau (n)) = 0,\quad n \geq 1, \] where \(\{p(n)\}\) is a sequence of nonnegative real numbers, \(\{\tau (n)\}\) is a sequence of positive integers such that \[ \tau (n) \geq n + 1,\quad n \geq 1, \] and \(\nabla\) denotes the backward difference operator \(\nabla x(n) = x(n) - x(n - 1)\). Sufficient conditions which guarantee that all solutions oscillate are established. Some examples are given to illustrate the main results.