Some disconjugacy criteria for differential equations with oscillatory coefficients

Mathematische Nachrichten

Volumn 278, Issue 12-13, 2005, Pages 1476-1489

  Clark, Stephen ^a   Hinton, Don ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disconjugacy; Focal point; Oscillation; Positive eigenvalues; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844541205     PISSN: 0025584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mana.200410316     Document Type: Review

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