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Non-oscillation and asymptotic properties for a class of forced second-order nonlinear equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Lynn H. Erbe
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G1
V. Sree Hari Rao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G1 Department of Mathematics, Osmania University, Hyderabad – 500007, India
K. V. V. Seshagiri Rao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Osmania University, Hyderabad – 500007, India

Extract

Consider the second order nonlinear equation

where, r, p, f ε C ([a, + ∞), R), R = (–∞, +∞) with r > 0 and λ > 0 is the quotient of odd integers. One of the prototypes of this class of equations is the generalized Thomas-Fermi of Emden-Fowler equation

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1984

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