• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.309-319
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• 2011

We give sufficient conditions that the homogeneous differential equations : for $t{\geq}t_0$(> 0), $$x^{{\prime}{\prime}}(t)+q(t)x^{\prime}(t)+p(t)x(t)=0,\\x^{{\prime}{\prime}}(t)+q(t)x^{\prime}(t)+F(t,x({\phi}(t)))=0$$, are oscillatory where $0{\leq}{\phi}(t)$, 0 < ${\phi}^{\prime}(t)$, $\lim_{t\to{\infty}}{\phi}(t)={\infty}$. and $F(t,u){\cdot}sgn$ $u{\leq}p(t)|u|$. We obtain comparison theorems.

• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.391-402
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• 2011

We give necessary and sufficient conditions such that the homogeneous differential equations of the type: $$(r(t)x^{\prime}(t))^{\prime}+q(t)x^{\prime}(t)+p(t)x(t)=0$$ are nonoscillatory where $r(t)$ > 0 for $t{\in}I=[{\alpha},{\infty})$, ${\alpha}$ > 0. Under the suitable conditions we show that the above equation is nonoscillatory if and only if for ${\gamma}$ > 0, $$(r(t)x^{\prime}(t))^{\prime}+q(t)x^{\prime}(t)+p(t)x(t-{\gamma})=0$$ is nonoscillatory. We obtain several comparison theorems.