Oscillation of linear and half-linear difference equations via modified Riccati transformation (Q6136358)

In this nice paper, the author considers half-linear difference equations in the form \[ \Delta \left( {k^{\alpha}}{r_k^{1-p}}\, \Phi(\Delta x_k)\right) + \frac{ s_k }{(k+1)^{(p - \alpha)}} \, \Phi(x_{k+1}) = 0, \qquad k \in \mathbb{N}_l, \] where \(\alpha \in (0, p-1)\), \(\{r_k\}_{k \in \mathbb{N}_l}, \{s_k\}_{k \in \mathbb{N}_l}\) are positive and bounded, and \(\{r_k\}_{k \in \mathbb{N}_l}\) satisfying \(\liminf_{k \to \infty} r_{k}>0\) is asymptotically periodic. Note that \(\Phi(x) := |x|^{p-1} \text{sgn } x\) for an arbitrarily given number \(p > 1\), \(\mathbb{N}_{l} := \{ l, l+1, l+2, \ldots \}\) for large \(l \in \mathbb{N}\), and \(k^{(\beta)}\) denotes the so-called generalized power function. Applying the modified Riccati transformation, she proves an oscillation criterion which is the main result of the paper and implies the conditional oscillation of the studied equations. The main result is supported by several corollaries together with examples in the linear case. The paper is well-written and clearly organized.