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Oscillation Properties of Weakly Time Dependent Hyperbolic Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Kurt Kreith*
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
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Abstract

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A Sturmian comparison theorem is established for a pair of linear hyperbolic differential equations. While the equations may be time dependent (in the sense of not allowing a separation of variables), a measure of the strength of such time dependence enters into the hypotheses of the theorem.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1983

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