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Comparison theorems of Sturm's type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Jozef Džurina
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Analysis, Faculty of Sciences, Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
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Abstract

Our aim in this paper is to establish new comparison principles. The equation

is compared with the equation

The equations considered can be in canonical or noncanonical forms.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1994

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