doi:10.1016/j.jmaa.2006.10.055
Copyright © 2006 Published by Elsevier Inc.
Oscillation criteria for second-order nonlinear delay dynamic equations
aDepartment of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0323, USA
bDepartment of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Received 29 September 2006.
Submitted by R.P. Agarwal.
Available online 29 November 2006.
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Abstract
In this paper, we consider the second-order nonlinear delay dynamic equation
on a time scale

. By employing the generalized Riccati technique we will establish some new sufficient conditions which ensure that every solution oscillates or converges to zero. The obtained results improve the well-known oscillation results for dynamic equations and include as special cases the oscillation results for differential equations. Some applications and examples are considered to illustrate the main results.
Keywords: Oscillation; Generalized Riccati technique; Dynamic equations; Time scales; Second-order nonlinear dynamic equation; Riccati transformation technique