Lyapunov-type inequalities for certain higher order differential equations with anti-periodic boundary conditions (Q714602)

The author proves that, if \(u(t)\) is a nontrivial solution of the differential equation \[ (| u^{(m)}(t)|^{p-2} u^{(m)}(t))' + r(t)| u(t) |^{p-2}u(t) = 0, \;t \in (a,b), \] where \(p>1,\) \(r \in C[a,b])\) and satisfying the antiperiodic boundary conditions \[ u^{(i)}(a) + u^{(i)}(b) = 0, \;i = 0,1,\ldots,m, \] then \[ \int_a^b | u(t)| \;dt > 2 \left ( \frac{2}{b-a}\right ) ^{m(p-1)}. \] Furthermore, he gives an application for an eigenvalue problem.