Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics

A Telescoping Principle for Oscillation of Second Order Differential Equations on a Time Scale

Article information

Source
Rocky Mountain J. Math., Volume 36, Number 1 (2006), 149-181.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 June 2007

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1181069493

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1216/rmjm/1181069493

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2228189

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1156.34021

Citation

Erbe, Lynn; Kong, Lingju; Kong, Qingkai. A Telescoping Principle for Oscillation of Second Order Differential Equations on a Time Scale. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 36 (2006), no. 1, 149--181. doi:10.1216/rmjm/1181069493. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rmjm/1181069493

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