LYAPUNOV TYPE INEQUALITIES FOR nTH ORDER FORCED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH MIXED NONLINEARITIES

Abstract

In the case of oscillatory potentials, we present Lyapunov type inequalities for nth order forced differential equations of the form x((n))(t) + Sigma(m)(j=1) qj (t)vertical bar x(t)vertical bar(alpha j-1)x(t)= f(t) satisfying the boundary conditions x(a(i)) = x(1)(a(i)) = x(11)(ai) = center dot center dot center dot = x((ki))(ai) = 0; i = 1, 2,..., r, where a(1) < a(2) < ... < a(r), 0 <= k(i) and Sigma(r)(j=1) k(j) + r = n: r >= 2. No sign restriction is imposed on the forcing term and the nonlinearities satisfy 0 < alpha(l) < ... < alpha a(j) < 1 < alpha a(j+1) < ... < alpha(m) < 2. The obtained inequalities generalize and compliment the existing results in the literature.