Exponential estimates for solutions of half-linear differential equations (Q519923)

The paper studies the half-linear differential equation \[ \left(\Phi(y')\right)'=p(t) \Phi(y), \tag{(1)} \] where the function \(p\) is continuous and nonnegative on \([0,\infty)\) and the function \(\Phi\) has the form \[ \Phi(u)=| u| ^{\alpha-1} \text{sgn}\;u, \quad \alpha>1. \] The aim of the paper is to find asymptotic estimates for monotonous solutions of (1). It is proved that any positive increasing solution \(y\) of (1) satisfies \[ y(t)\geq y(0) \exp \left\{h\int_0^t p^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}(s) ds\right\}, \quad t\in J, \tag{(2)} \] provided \(h\in \left(0, (\alpha-1)^{-\frac{1}{\alpha}}\right)\). Here, \(J=[0,\infty)\setminus \Omega_h\), where \(\Omega_h\) has finite Lebesgue measure. If the function \(\left(p^{\frac{\alpha-1}{\alpha}}\right)'/p\) is bounded and \(h\) is sufficiently small, then \(J=[0,\infty)\) in (2). If the function \(p\) satisfies \[ \liminf_{t\to\infty}\frac{1}{t}\int_0^t p^{\frac{1}{\alpha}}(s)ds >0, \] then the existence of exponentially increasing and exponentially decreasing solutions of (1) is proved. The proofs are based on the Riccati technique.