Interval Oscillation Criteria for Second-Order Dynamic Equations with Nonlinearities Given by Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals

Abstract EN

By using a generalized arithmetic-geometric mean inequality on time scales, we study the forced oscillation of second-order dynamic equations with nonlinearities given by Riemann-Stieltjes integrals of the form [p(t)ϕα(xΔ(t))]Δ+q(t)ϕα(x(τ(t)))+∫aσ(b)r(t,s)ϕγ(s)(x(g(t,s)))Δξ(s)=e(t), where t∈[t0,∞)T=[t0,∞) ⋂ T, T is a time scale which is unbounded from above; ϕ*(u)=|u|*sgn u; γ:[a,b]T1→ℝ is a strictly increasing right-dense continuous function; p,q,e:[t0,∞)T→ℝ, r:[t0,∞)T×[a,b]T1→ℝ, τ:[t0,∞)T→[t0,∞)T, and g:[t0,∞)T×[a,b]T1→[t0,∞)T are right-dense continuous functions; ξ:[a,b]T1→ℝ is strictly increasing.

Some interval oscillation criteria are established in both the cases of delayed and advanced arguments.

As a special case, the work in this paper unifies and improves many existing results in the literature for equations with a finite number of nonlinear terms.