Limit-point type results for nonlinear fourth-order differential equations

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 779-792

  Bartusek M ^a   Dosla Z ^a   Graef, John R ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear differential equation of fourth order; Nonlinear limit circle; Nonlinear limit point; Nonoscillatory solution; Oscillatory solution; Spectral theory; Weyl's classification of limit point limit circle

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

LIMIT POINT TYPE; LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; NONLINEAR FOURTH ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR LIMIT CIRCLE; NONLINEAR LIMIT POINT; NONOSCILLATORY SOLUTION; OSCILLATORY SOLUTION; SPECTRAL THEORY;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031103526     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0362-546X(95)00191-W     Document Type: Article

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