Kyungpook Mathematical Journal

Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National University (경북대학교 자연과학대학 수학과)
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Oscillations of Difference Equations with Several Terms

  • Ocalan, Ozkan (Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Mathematics, ANS Campus)
  • Received : 2005.01.12
  • Published : 2006.12.23
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Abstract

In this paper, we obtain sufficient conditions for the oscillation of every solution of the difference equation $$x_{n+1}-x_n+\sum_{i=1}^{m}p_ix_{n-k_i}+qx_{n-z}=0,\;n=0,1,2,{\cdots},$$ where $p_i{\in}\mathbb{R}$, $k_i{\in}\mathbb{Z}$ for $i=1,2,{\cdots},m$ and $z{\in}\{-1,0\}$. Furthermore, we obtain sufficient conditions for the oscillation of all solutions of the equation $${\Delta}^rx_n+\sum_{i=1}^{m}p_ix_{n-k_i}=0,\;n=0,1,2,{\cdots},$$ where $p_i{\in}\mathbb{R}$, $k_i{\in}\mathbb{Z}$ for $i=1,2,{\cdots},m$. The results are given terms of the $p_i$ and the $k_i$ for each $i=1,2,{\cdots},m$.

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