The lower bounds of the spacings b-a or a’-a of two consecutive zeros or three consecutive zeros of solutions of third order differential equations of the form y”’ + q(t)y’ + p(t)y = 0 (*) are derived under very general assumptions on p and q. These results are then used to show that $t_{n+1}-tₙ\to \infty$ or $t_{n+2}-tₙ\to \infty$ as n → ∞ under suitable assumptions on p and q, where ⟨tₙ⟩ is a sequence of zeros of an oscillatory solution of (*). The Opial-type inequalities are used to derive lower bounds of the spacings d-a or b-d for...

In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for every bounded solution of $${[y\left(t\right)-p\left(t\right)y(t-\tau )]}^{\left(n\right)}+Q\left(t\right)G\left(y(t-\sigma )\right)=f\left(t\right),t\ge 0,(*)$$ to oscillate or tend to zero as $t\to \infty$ for different ranges of $p\left(t\right)$. It is shown, under some stronger conditions, that every solution of $(*)$ oscillates or tends to zero as $t\to \infty$. Our results hold for linear, a class of superlinear and other nonlinear equations and answer a conjecture by Ladas and Sficas, Austral. Math. Soc. Ser. B 27 (1986), 502–511, and generalize some known results.

Sufficient conditions are formulated for existence of non-oscillatory solutions to the equation $$y^{\left(n\right)}+\sum _{j=0}^{n-1}{a}_j\left(x\right)y^{\left(j\right)}+p\left(x\right){\left|y\right|}^k\mathrm{sgn}y=0$$ with $n\ge 1$, real (not necessarily natural) $k>1$, and continuous functions $p\left(x\right)$ and $a_j\left(x\right)$ defined in a neighborhood of $+\infty$. For this equation with positive potential $p\left(x\right)$ a criterion is formulated for existence of non-oscillatory solutions with non-zero limit at infinity. In the case of even order, a criterion is obtained for all solutions of this equation at infinity to be oscillatory. Sufficient conditions are obtained...

Mostramos la existencia de dos curvas de datos iniciales (x0, v0) para las cuales las soluciones x(t) correspondientes del problema de Cauchy asociado a la ecuación xtt + |xt|α-1 xt + x = 0, supuesto α ∈ (0,1), se anulan idénticamente después de un tiempo finito. Mediante métodos asintóticos y argumentos de comparación mostramos que para muchos otros datos iniciales las soluciones decaen a 0, en un tiempo infinito, como t-α / (1-α).

The stability properties of solutions of the differential system which represents the considered model for the Belousov - Zhabotinskij reaction are studied in this paper. The existence of oscillatory solutions of this system is proved and a theorem on separation of zero-points of the components of such solutions is established. It is also shown that there exists a periodic solution.

The paper investigates the singular initial problem[4pt] ${\left(p\left(t\right)u^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)\right)}^{\text{'}}+q\left(t\right)f\left(u\left(t\right)\right)=0,u\left(0\right)=u_0,u^{\text{'}}\left(0\right)=0$[4pt] on the half-line $[0,\infty )$. Here $u_0\in [L_0,L]$, where $L_0$, $0$ and $L$ are zeros of $f$, which is locally Lipschitz continuous on $ℝ$. Function $p$ is continuous on $[0,\infty )$, has a positive continuous derivative on $(0,\infty )$ and $p\left(0\right)=0$. Function $q$ is continuous on $[0,\infty )$ and positive on $(0,\infty )$. For specific values $u_0$ we prove the existence and uniqueness of damped solutions of this problem. With additional conditions for $f$, $p$ and $q$ it is shown that the problem has for each specified $u_0$ a unique...