Oscillations in deviating difference equations using an iterative technique

J Inequal Appl. 2017;2017(1):173. doi: 10.1186/s13660-017-1450-8. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Abstract

The paper deals with the oscillation of the first-order linear difference equation with deviating argument and nonnegative coefficients. New sufficient oscillation conditions, involving limsup, are given, which essentially improve all known results, based on an iterative technique. We illustrate the results and the improvement over other known oscillation criteria by examples, numerically solved in Matlab.

Keywords: Grönwall inequality; advanced argument; difference equations; non-monotone argument; oscillation; retarded argument.