OSCILLATION THEOREMS FOR NONLINEAR SECOND ORDER DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH A NONLINEAR DAMPING TERM

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Published: Mar 1, 1995
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.26.1995.4378
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Difference equation Nonlinear damped term Oscillation

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E. THANDAPANI
DepartmentofMathematics,MadrasUniversityP.G.Centre,Salem-636Oll,TamilNadu, INDIA.
S. PANDIAN
Department of Mathematics, Madras University P. G. Centre, Salem-636Oll, TamilNadu, INDIA

Abstract




Some new sufficient conditions for the oscillation of the nonlinear damped second order difference equations of the form


\[\Delta^2 y_n+p_n\phi(y_n, \Delta y_n)+q_nf(y_{n+1})g(\Delta y_n)=0\]


are given.




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THANDAPANI, E., & PANDIAN, S. (1995). OSCILLATION THEOREMS FOR NONLINEAR SECOND ORDER DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH A NONLINEAR DAMPING TERM. Tamkang Journal of Mathematics, 26(1), 49–58. https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.26.1995.4378
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