Oscillation of certain functional differential equations

DOI10.1016/0898-1221(94)90058-2MaRDI QIDQ1324331zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 1 November 1994

Published in Computers & Mathematics with Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0898-1221(94)90058-2

functional differential equation oscillatory behavior

Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations (34C10) Functional-differential equations (including equations with delayed, advanced or state-dependent argument) (34K99)

Review text

The following functional differential equation is considered: \[ \ddot x(t) + p(t) \dot x(t-h) = q(t) \dot x(t-h_ 1) + H \biggl( t,x \bigl( g(t) \bigr) \biggr) \tag{E} \] where \(p,q : [t_ 0, \infty) \to R = (- \infty, \infty)\), and \(H:[t_ 0, \infty) \times R \to R\) are continuous, \(h\) and \(h_ 1\) are nonnegative real numbers, and \(g(t) \to \infty\) as \(t \to \infty\). Some criteria for the oscillatory behavior of the solutions are presented. The following assumptions are important for the study: \[ h \geq h_ 1, \;p(t) \geq q (t+h_ 1-h), \text{ for } t \geq t_ 0 + h - h_ 1,\;(h - h_ 1) q(t) \leq 1 \text{ for } t \geq t_ 0. \tag{1} \] \[ \liminf_{t \to \infty} \int_{t-h}^ t \bigl( p(s) - q(s + h_ 1-h) \bigr) ds>{1 \over e}, \tag{2} \] \[ \limsup_{t \to \infty}\int_{t-h}^ t \bigl( p(s) - q(s + h_ 1 -h) \bigr) ds>1. \tag{3} \] Here are some of the results in the paper: Theorem 1: Let conditions (1) and either (2) or (3) hold and suppose that \(\dot p(t) \geq 0\) for \(t \geq t_ 0\), \(xH (t,x)>0\), \(x \neq 0\), and \(H\) is increasing in \(x\). If, for every \(c>0\) and \(T \geq t_ 0\) \[ \lim_{t \to \infty} \int_ T^ t \int_ T^ s {H(u,c) \over P[t,s]} duds = \infty \quad \left( P[t,s] : = \exp \left( \int_ s^ t p(u) du \right) \right), \tag{4} \] then for every bounded solution \(x\) of \((E)\) either \(x\) or \(\dot x\) is oscillatory. Theorem 2: Let condition (4) of Theorem 1 be replaced by: \[ \int^ \infty \left[ \left( \int_{t_ 0}^ s H(u,c) du \right) - Cp(s)\right]ds = \infty \] for every positive constant \(c\) and \(C\). Then the conclusion of Theorem 1 holds.

Recommendations

Cites work

Cited in

(17)

This page was built for publication: Oscillation of certain functional differential equations

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1324331)