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Some comparison criteria in oscillation theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Ch. G. Philos
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of IoanninaIoannina, Greece
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Abstract

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The purpose of this paper is to establish comparison criteria, by which the oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of linear retarded differential equations of arbitrary order is inherited from the oscillation of an associated second order linear ordinary differential equation. These criteria are new even in the case of ordinary differential equations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

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