A note on second order nonlinear differential equations (Q788876)

The authors consider the second order differential equation \[ (1)\quad x''+f(x(t))\quad g(x'(t))=h(t,x(t),x'(t)) \] where f:\({\mathbb{R}}\to {\mathbb{R}}\), g:\({\mathbb{R}}\to {\mathbb{R}}\), \(h:I\times {\mathbb{R}}^ 2\to {\mathbb{R}}\) are continuous functions and \({\mathbb{R}}=(\infty,\infty)\), \({\mathbb{R}}_+=(0,\infty)\), \(I=[0,\infty)\). It is assumed that: (i) There exists a continuous function u:\(I\to {\mathbb{R}}\) such that \(h(t,x,x')\leq u(t),\) (ii) There exists a nonnegative constant M such that \(| y| /g(y)\leq M\quad G(y),\) where \(G(y)=\int^{y}_{0}s/g(s)ds.\) Under the above conditions, it is proved that the solution x(t) of (1) is continuable to the right of its initial t-value \(t_ 0\). If \(xf(x)>0\), \(f'(x)\geq 0\) \(x\neq 0 h(t,x,x')\leq u(t), _{t\to \infty}u(t)=0 g(y)>0,\) and x(t) is bounded nonoscillatory solution of (1), they also proved that \(\lim_{t\to \infty}\inf x(t)=0.\)