The existence of nonoscillatory solutions to a generalized, nonautonomous, delay logistic equation (Q923205)

The author derives sufficient conditions of solutions to the generalized, nonautonomous, delay logistic equation \[ dx/dt=r(t)x(t)(1- \frac{x(g(t))}{K})| 1-\frac{x(g(t))}{K}|^{\alpha -1} \] to be nonoscillatory. The main results are as follows: 1) Suppose \(\int^{\infty}_{t_ 0}r(s)ds<\infty\), g(t) is assumed to be continuous, nondecreasing, g(t)\(\leq t\) and \(\lim_{t\to \infty}g(t)=\infty\), r(t) is continuous and negative for \(t\geq t_ 0\). Then (1) has a positive nonoscillatory solution bounded away from zero. 2) Suppose \(\int^{\infty}_{t_ 0}r(s)ds=\infty\), and other conditions are fulfilled. Then (1) always has nonoscillatory solutions for \(\alpha\neq 1\), and \(\limsup_{t\to \infty}\int^{t}_{g(t)}r(s)ds<{\mathcal K}\), where \(0<{\mathcal K}<\infty\) for all \(t\geq t_ 0\).