Electron. J. Diff. Equ., Vol. 2015 (2015), No. 220, pp. 1-14.

Oscillation constant for modified Euler type half-linear equations

Petr Hasil, Michal Vesely

Abstract:
Applying the modified half-linear Prufer angle, we study oscillation properties of the half-linear differential equation
$$
 [ r(t) t^{p-1} \Phi(x')]' + \frac{s(t)}{t \log^pt} \Phi(x) = 0, \quad
 \Phi(x)=|x|^{p-1}\hbox{sgn} x.
 $$
We show that this equation is conditionally oscillatory in a very general case. Moreover, we identify the critical oscillation constant (the borderline depending on the functions r and s which separates the oscillatory and non-oscillatory equations). Note that the used method is different from the standard method based on the half-linear Prufer angle.

Submitted March 16, 2015. Published August 24, 2015.
Math Subject Classifications: 34C10, 34C15.
Key Words: Half-linear equations; Prufer angle; oscillation theory; conditional oscillation; oscillation constant.

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Petr Hasil
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Kotlarska 2, CZ 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
email: hasil@mail.muni.cz
Michal Vesely
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Kotlarska 2, CZ 611~37 Brno, Czech Republic
email: michal.vesely@mail.muni.cz

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