Disconjugacy Conditions for the Third Order Linear Differential Equation

1969 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn Erbe
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Order Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Order Linear ◽  
The Third ◽  
Counting Multiplicity ◽  
Linear Differential ◽  
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An nth order homogeneous linear differential equation is said to be disconjugate on the interval I of the real line in case no non-trivial solution of the equation has more than n - 1 zeros (counting multiplicity) on I. It is the purpose of this paper to establish several necessary and sufficient conditions for disconjugacy of the third order linear differential equation(1.1)where pi(t) is continuous on the compact interval [a, b], i = 0, 1, 2.

A property of the asymptotic series for a class of Titchmarsh–Weyl m-functions

1986 ◽  
Vol 102 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Asymptotic Expansion ◽  
Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Asymptotic Series ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Order Linear ◽  
The Real ◽  
Linear Differential ◽  
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SynopsisIn an earlier paper [6] we showed that if q ϵ CN[0, ε) for some ε > 0, then the Titchmarsh–Weyl m(λ) function associated with the second order linear differential equationhas the asymptotic expansionas |A| →∞ in a sector of the form 0 < δ < arg λ < π – δ.We show that if the real valued function q admits the expansionin a neighbourhood of 0, then

Stability and Response of Systems Satisfying a Second-Order Linear Differential Equation with Time-Dependent Coefficients

1957 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
A. W. Babister
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Singular Point ◽  
Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Order Linear Differential Equation ◽  
Order Linear ◽  
Oscillatory Nature ◽  
Linear Differential ◽  
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SummaryThe differential equation considered iswhere all the a’s and b’s are real constants.The nature of the solution is investigated in the neighbourhood of the singular point and the conditions are found for logarithmic terms to be absent.The conditions for stability for large values of τ are determined; the system is stable ifare all positive for large values of τ.The form of the response is considered and its oscillatory (or non-oscillatory) nature investigated. The Sonin-Polya theorem is used to determine simple inequalities which must hold between the coefficients of the differential equation in any interval for the relative maxima of | x | to form an increasing or decreasing sequence in that interval.

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