On second order nonlinear nonoscillation

Publication date 10 November 2002

Published in Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics. Academia Sinica (Search for Journal in Brave)

nonlinear differential equation nonoscillatory equation

Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations (34C10) Nonlinear oscillations and coupled oscillators for ordinary differential equations (34C15)

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The author considers the generalized Emden-Fowler equation \[ y+g(x)y^\gamma=0, \quad x\geq 0,\tag{*} \] where \(\gamma=2n-1,\) with \(n>1\) an integer and \(g(x)>0.\) It is shown that equation (*) is nonoscillatory if the following conditions are satisfied: \(g'(x)\) is eventually nonincreasing, \(\int^\infty_0 x^{\frac{\gamma+1}{2}}g(x) dx<\infty,\) and for each sufficiently large \(a,\) the corresponding \(Q(t)\equiv\frac{\gamma+3}{2}+\frac{(t-a)g'(t)}{g(t)}\) is eventually of one sign. For a bounded positive solution \(y\) to equation (*) with \(y(a)=0,\) we have \(G_y(x)\equiv\frac{2}{\gamma+1}\int_a^x Q(t)g(t)y^{\gamma+1}(t) dt>0\) for all \(x\in (a,\infty).\)

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