No label defined (Q4330085)

The authors consider the delay difference equation \[ x_{n+1}- x_n+ p_n x^\alpha_{n-k}= 0,\quad n= 0,1,2,\dots,\tag{1} \] where \(p_n\geq 0\), \(k\) is a positive integer, and \(\alpha\in (0,\infty)\) is a quotient of odd positive integers. For the case where \(0< \alpha< 1\), it is shown that equation (1) is oscillatory if and only if \(\sum^\infty_{n=0} p_n= \infty\). For the case where \(\alpha> 1\), sharp sufficient conditions are obtained for equation (1) to be oscillatory and for the existence of nonoscillatory solutions, respectively.