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A Lyapunov inequality and forced oscillations in general nonlinear nth order differential-difference equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Lu-San Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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The purpose of this paper is to consider the general nonlinear nth order differential-difference equation

and derive an inequality of Lyapunov type. Later we use this inequality to find conditions to ensure that the oscillatory solutions of equation (1) tend to zero as t → ∞. The conditions that ensure that the oscillatory solutions of equation (1) tend to zero, also cause all solutions of equation

to be non-oscillatory.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1977

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