Explicit criteria for the existence of positive solutions for a scalar differential equation with variable delay in the critical case

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 556-564

  Diblík, Josef ^a   Svoboda, Zdeněk ^a   Šmarda, Zdeněk ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Critical case; Delayed equation; Infinite delay; p function; Positive solution

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DELAYED EQUATION; INFINITE DELAY; P-FUNCTION; POSITIVE SOLUTION; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 44149128430     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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