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Oscillation criteria for third order hyperbolic characteristic initial value problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

C. C. Travis
Affiliation:
Technology Assessments Section, Health and Safety Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, U.S.A.
Norio Yoshida
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan

Synopsis

Sufficient conditions for oscillation of solutions to third order hyperbolic characteristic initial value problems are established. The results generalize known oscillation criteria for second order hyperbolic problems.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1981

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