Oscillation theorems for nonlinear differential equations (Q4487537)

The author deals with the second-order nonlinear differential equation \[ [a(t)\psi (x(t))|x'(t)|^{\alpha -1}x'(t)]'+ q(t)f(x(t))=0, \tag{1} \] where \(a,q:[t_0,\infty)\to \mathbb{R}\), \(\psi ,f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) are continuous, \(\alpha >0\) is a constant, \(a(t)>0\) and \(\psi (x)>0,\;xf(x)>0\) for \(x\neq 0\). The author presents several sufficient conditions for equation (1) to be oscillatory. The well-known Hölder inequality and the inequality of Hardy, Little and Polya are used in the paper. The obtained results give an extension of corresponding results of \textit{S. R. Grace} [Math. Nachr. 141, 117-127 (1989; Zbl 0673.34041) and J. Math. Anal. Appl. 171, No. 1, 220-241 (1992; Zbl 0767.34017)] and of \textit{H.-J. Li} and \textit{C. C. Yeh} [Math. Jap. 41, No. 1, 185-188 (1995; Zbl 0816.34024)].