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A classification scheme for nonoscilatory solutions of a higher order neutral nonlinear difference equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Li Wan-Tong
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics Gansu University of Technology Lanzhou, Gansu 730050 P. R., China
Sui Sun Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Tsing Hua University Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043 R. O. C.
Guang Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics Datong Advanced CollegeDatong, Shanxi 037008 P. R., China
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Abstract

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Nonoscillatory solutions of a nonlinear neutral type higher order difference equations are classified by means of their asymptotic behaviors. Existence criteria are then provided for justification of such classficiation.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1999

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