Oscillation Criteria of Comparison Type for Second Order Difference Equations (Q4495010)

The authors consider the nonhomogeneous nonlinear difference equation \[ \Delta\bigl(c_{n-1} \Delta(x_{n-1}+p_n x_{\sigma_n}) \bigr)+ q_n f(x_{\tau_n}) =r_n, \quad n=1,2,\dots \] and the corresponding homogeneous equation, under mild assumptions on the function \(f\) and the sequences \(\{c_n\}\), \(\{p_n\}\), \(\{q_n\}\), \(\{r_n\}\), \(\{\sigma_n\}\) and \(\{\tau_n\}\). Their objective is to investigate the oscillatory behavior of these equations by comparison with certain linear equations.