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Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -)

, Volume 116, Issue 1, pp 135–142 | Cite as

Comparison and nonoscillation results for perturbed nonlinear differential equations

  • John R. Graef
  • Paul W. Spikes
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Nonoscillation theorems for perturbed second order nonlinear differential equations are obtained. A nonlinear Picone type identity is introduced to obtain some Sturm-Picone type comparison theorems for nonlinear equations.

Keywords

Differential Equation Nonlinear Equation Nonlinear Differential Equation Type Identity Comparison Theorem 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • John R. Graef
    • 1
  • Paul W. Spikes
    • 1
  1. 1.U.S.A.

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