On Lyapunov-type inequality for quasilinear systems (Q988611)

A Lyapunov-type inequality is derived for the quasilinear system \[ -\left(r_1(x)|u'(x)|^{p-2}u'(x)\right)'=f_1(x) |u(x)|^{\alpha-2}u(x)|v(x)|^{\beta}, \] \[ -\left(r_2(x)|v'(x)|^{q-2}v'(x)\right)'=f_2(x) |u(x)|^{\theta}|v(x)|^{\gamma-2}v(x), \] where both components of the solution \((u(x),v(x))\) have consecutive zeros at the points \(a,b\in\mathbb R\) with \(a<b\) in \(I=[t_0, \infty)\subset \mathbb R.\) For some special cases of the above system, also, Lyapunov-type inequalities are derived which relate not just points \(a, b \in I\), where both components of the solution \((u(x),v(x))\) have consecutive zeros, but also any point in \((a,b)\), where both components of the solution \((u(x),v(x))\) are maximized.