Nonoscillation Characterizations of Second Order Linear Differential Equations (Q4522124)

The author studies a nonoscillatory feature of the linear differential equation \((pu')'+qu=0\), which is equivalent to the identical feature of any related, similar equation \((PU')'+QU=0\), or the solvability of the corresponding nonlinear differential inequality \(V'+V^2/P+Q\leq 0\). The main results add the solvability of some nonlinear integral equations or inequalities, e.g., \(|V(t)|\geq|\int^\infty_t[V^2(s)/P(s)+Q(s)] ds|\). Further results transfer the nonoscillatory feature from the linear equation to any similar equation by means of the comparison inequalities \(p\geq P\) and \(q\leq Q\). Examples illustrate the advantage of the related equations.