Abstract
In this paper, the functional dynamic equation of second order is studied on an arbitrary time scale under milder restrictions without the assumed conditions in the recent literature. The Nehari, Hille, and Ohriska type oscillation criteria of the equation are investigated. The presented results confirm that the study of the equation in this formula is superior to other previous studies. Some examples are addressed to demonstrate the finding.
    1. Introduction
In order to combine continuous and discrete analysis, the theory of dynamic equations on time scales was proposed by Stefan Hilger in []. There are different types of time scales applied in many applications (see []). The cases when the time scale  as an arbitrary closed subset is equal to the reals or to the integers represent the classical theories of differential and of difference equations. The theory of dynamic equations includes the classical theories for the differential equations and difference equations cases and other cases in between these classical cases. That is, we are eligible to consider the q-difference equations when  for  which has significant applications in quantum theory (see []) and different types of time scales like ,  and  (the set of the harmonic numbers) can also be applied. For more details of time scales calculus, see [,,]. The study of nonlinear dynamic equations is considered in this work because these equations arise in various real-world problems like the turbulent flow of a polytrophic gas in a porous medium, non-Newtonian fluid theory, and in the study of Laplace equations. Therefore, we are interested in the oscillatory behavior of the nonlinear functional dynamic equation of second order with deviating arguments
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      on an above-unbounded time scale , where sgnu, ; a and q are positive rd-continuous functions on  such that
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and  is a rd-continuous functionsuch that .
By a solution of Equation (1) we mean a nontrivial real-valued function  for some  with  such that  and  satisfies Equation (1) on  where  is the space of right-dense continuous functions. It should be mentioned that in a particular case when  then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and (1) turns as the nonlinear functional differential equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    The oscillation properties of Equation (3) and special cases were investigated by Nehari [], Fite [], Hille [], Wong [], Erbe [], and Ohriska [] as follows: The oscillatory behavior of the linear differential equation of second order
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      is investigated in Nehari [] and showed that if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then all solutions of (4) are oscillatory. Fite [] proved that if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then all solutions of Equation (4) are oscillatory. Hille [] developed the condition (6) and illustrated that if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then all solutions of Equation (4) are oscillatory. For the delay differential equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      the Hille-type condition (7) is generalized by Wong [], where  with  and showed that if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then all solutions of (8) are oscillatory. Erbe [] enhanced the condition (9) and examined that if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then all solutions of (8) are oscillatory where . Ohriska [] proved that, if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then all solutions of (8) are oscillatory.
When, then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and (1) turns as the nonlinear functional difference equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    The oscillation of Equation (12) when , , and  is the quotient of odd positive integers was elaborated by Thandapani et al. [] in which  is a positive sequence and showed that every solution of (12) is oscillatory, if
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We will examine that our results not only unite some of the known oscillation results for differential and difference equations but they also can be applied on other cases in which the oscillatory behavior of solutions for these equations on various types of time scales was not known. Note that, if ,  then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and (1) turns as the nonlinear functional difference equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    If
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where , and (1) turns as the second order nonlinear difference equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    If
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and (1) turns as the second order nonlinear difference equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    If  where  is the harmonic numbers defined by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and (1) turns as the second order nonlinear harmonic difference equation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    For dynamic equations, Erbe et al. in [,] expanded the Hille and Nehari oscillation criteria to the half-linear delay dynamic equation of second order
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  is a quotient of odd positive integers,
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    The authors showed that if either of the following conditions holds
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      or
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  then all solutions of (17) are oscillatory. We refer the reader to related results [,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,] and the references cited therein.
2. Oscillation Criteria of (1) when
In the subsequent results, we will use the subsequent notations
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Furthermore,  is assuming in the next results.
First, we derive Nehari type to the nonlinear dynamic equation of second order (1).
Theorem 1. 
Proof.  
Assume  is a nonoscillatory solution of Equation (1) on  Thus, without loss of generality, let and  on. Since  and then
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Hence , otherwise, it leads to a contradiction. Define
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Using the product and quotient rules, we reach
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    From (1) and the definition of  we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since , then  for  and so
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Therefore,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Let  be fixed. If , then  by the fact that . Now the case  is considered. Since  on , we achieve
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Therefore
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    So there exists a  such that  for  and so
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    In both cases and from the definition of  we have that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and so
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Then by using the Pötzsche chain rule ([], Theorem 1.90), we get that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    If  then
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and if , then
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Note that  and  on , we see for 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Multiplying both sides of (24) by  and integrating from  to , we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    By integration by parts, we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Using the Pötzsche chain rule, we arrive
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Hence
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    It follows that  on . Let , then we choose , enough large, so for ,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  is defined by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    By (27), we then get that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Using the inequality
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        with   and , we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Dividing both sides by , we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since  we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Taking the lim sup of both sides as  we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since  are arbitrary constants, we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Now, multiplying both sides of (24) by , we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Using (26) gives
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where . Integrating the inequality (31) from  to , we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Using integrating by parts, we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    We consider the forthcoming two cases:
(I) When . Using the product rule, we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Again use the Pötzsche chain rule, we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Then
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and so
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Dividing both sides by , we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Taking the  of both sides as  and using (2), we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since k and  are arbitrary constants, we achieve the demanded inequality
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    From (30) and (33), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        which contradicts the condition (20) if .
(II) When . Using the product rule, we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Again by the Pötzsche chain rule we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Then
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and so
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Dividing both sides by , we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Taking the  of both sides as  and by (2), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since  are arbitrary constants, we reach the demanded inequality
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    From (30) and (34), we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        which is in contrast to the condition (20) if . The proof is accomplished. ☐
Theorem 2. 
Proof.  
Assume z is a nonoscillatory solution of Equation (1) on  Thus, without loss of generality, let and  on. As shown in the proof of Theorem 1, we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  In addition, we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Substituting (37) into (36) we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Dividing both sides by , we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Taking the  of both sides as  and by (2), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since  are arbitrary, we get the required inequality
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    From (30) and (38), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        which is in contrast to the condition (35). The proof is accomplished. ☐
Example 1. 
We present a Fite–Wintner type oscillation criterion for (1). The proof is similar to that in [], and hence is omitted.
From Theorem 3, we assume without loss of generality that
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Otherwise, we have that (40) holds due to , which implies that Equation (1) is oscillatory by Theorem 3. The next theorem is generalized Hille type to the second order nonlinear dynamic Equation (1).
Proof.  
Assume  be a nonoscillatory solution of Equation (1) on  Thus, without loss of generality, let and  on. As depicted in the proof of Theorem 1, we obtain (24) for , for some  such that  for . Also for , then we can pick , sufficiently large, so that (26) and (27) for  Replacing  by  in the inequality (24) and then integrating it from  to  and using the fact , we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Taking  we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Multiplying both sides of (42) by , we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    It follows from (26) that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    By Pötzsche chain rule, we reach
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Then from (43) and (44), we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        which yields
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    By taking the lim inf of both sides as  we obtain that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since k and  are arbitrary, we achieve the following inequality
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Using the inequality (29) with  and , we get the desired inequality
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        which is in contrast to the condition (41). The proof is accomplished in Theorem 4. ☐
Example 2. 
Remark 1. 
Proof.  
Assume  is a nonoscillatory solution of Equation (1) on  Thus, without loss of generality, let and  on. Integrating both sides of the dynamic Equation (1) from  to , we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    As shown in the proof of Theorem 1, there exists  satisfying  for  such that for 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    From (47) and (48), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since , we get that
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    From (49) and (50), we get
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Taking , we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since  is arbitrary, we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        which gives us the contradiction
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    The proof of Theorem 5 is accomplished. ☐
3. Oscillation Criteria of (1) when
Assume that
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      eventually. Integrating Equation (1) from  to  and then using (22) and the fact that , we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and  gives
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Hence by taking limits as  we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Since  eventually, then
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and hence from (51), we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and so
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where . Combining all these we see that for every arbitrary ,
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      eventually. Let
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Therefore, by (52) and the definition of , as direct consequence of Theorems 1, 2, 4 and 5, we get oscillation criteria for Equation (1) with .
4. Conclusions
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 - In this paper, several Nehari, Hille and Ohriska type oscillation criterion have been given. The applicability of these criteria for (1) on an arbitrary time scale is achieved. The reported results have extended related findings to the differential and dynamics equations of second order as follows:
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Author Contributions
Conceptualization, T.S.H.; Data curation, A.A.M.; Formal analysis, T.S.H. and Y.S.; Project administration, Y.S.; Writing—original draft, T.S.H.; Resources, A.A.M.; Supervision, T.S.H. and Y.S.; Investigation, A.A.M.; Validation, T.S.H., Y.S. and A.A.M.; Writing-review & editing, T.S.H., Y.S. and A.A.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
The reported study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61873110 and the Foundation of Taishan Scholar of Shandong Province under Grant ts20190938.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests. There are not any non-financial competing interests (political, personal, religious, ideological, academic, intellectual, commercial, or any other) to declare in relation to this manuscript.
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