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This paper is concerned with the nonlinear advanced difference equation with constant coefficients $$x_{n+1}-x_n+\sum _{i=1}^m{p}_i{f}_i\left(x_{n-k_i}\right)=0,n=0,1,\cdots$$ where $p_i\in (-\infty ,0)$ and $k_i\in \{\cdots ,-2,-1\}$ for $i=1,2,\cdots ,m$. We obtain sufficient conditions and also necessary and sufficient conditions for the oscillation of all solutions of the difference equation above by comparing with the associated linearized difference equation. Furthermore, oscillation criteria are established for the nonlinear advanced difference equation with variable coefficients $$x_{n+1}-x_n+\sum _{i=1}^m{p}_{in}{f}_i\left(x_{n-k_i}\right)=0,n=0,1,\cdots$$ where $p_{in}\le 0$ and $k_i\in \{\cdots ,-2,-1\}$ for $i=1,2,\cdots ,m$.

We obtain solutions to some conjectures about the nonlinear difference equation $$x_{n+1}=\alpha +\beta x_{n-1}{\mathrm{e}}^{-x_n},n=0,1,\cdots ,\alpha ,\beta >0.$$ More precisely, we get not only a condition under which the equilibrium point of the above equation is globally asymptotically stable but also a condition under which the above equation has a unique positive cycle of prime period two. We also prove some further results.

In this paper, by using an iterative scheme, we advance the main oscillation result of Zhang and Liu (1997). We not only extend this important result but also drop a superfluous condition even in the noniterated case. Moreover, we present some illustrative examples for which the previous results cannot deliver answers for the oscillation of solutions but with our new efficient test, we can give affirmative answers for the oscillatory behaviour of solutions. For a visual explanation of the examples,...

Our purpose is to analyze a first order nonlinear differential equation with advanced arguments. Then, some sufficient conditions for the oscillatory solutions of this equation are presented. Our results essentially improve two conditions in the paper “Oscillation tests for nonlinear differential equations with several nonmonotone advanced arguments” by N. Kilıç, Ö. Öcalan and U. M. Özkan. Also we give an example to illustrate our results.