Second-order differential equation: oscillation theorems and applications (Q826404)

Summary: Differential equations of second order appear in a wide variety of applications in physics, mathematics, and engineering. In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions are established for oscillations of solutions to second-order half-linear delay differential equations of the form \(\left( \varsigma \left( y\right) \left( u^\prime \left( y\right)\right)^a\right)^\prime+p\left( y\right) u^c\left( \vartheta \left( y\right)\right)=0\), for \(y\geq y_0\), under the assumption \(\int^\infty \left( \varsigma \left( \eta\right)\right)^{- \left( 1 / a\right)}=\infty \). Two cases are considered for \(a<c\) and \(a>c\), where \(a\) and \(c\) are the quotients of two positive odd integers. Two examples are given to show the effectiveness and applicability of the result.