New Oscillation Results for Forced Second Order Differential Equations with Mixed Nonlinearities

Ercan Tunç, Adil Kaymaz

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gaziosmanpa?a University, Tokat, Turkey.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2012.32023                

Abstract

Some new oscillation criteria are given for forced second order differential equations with mixed nonlinearities by using the generalized variational principle and Riccati technique. Our results generalize and extend some known oscillation results in the literature.

Keywords

Generalized Variational Principle; Variational Principle; Second Order Differential Equations; Riccati Transformation; Oscillation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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