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Lyapunov Inequalities for Time Scales
Journal of Inequalities and Applications
  • Martin Bohner, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Stephen L. Clark, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Jerry Ridenhour
Editor(s)
Agarwall, Ravi P.
Abstract

The theory of time scales has been introduced in order to unify discrete and continuous analysis. We present a Lyapunov inequality for Sturm-Liouville dynamic equations of second order on such time scales, which can be applied to obtain a disconjugacy criterion for these equations. We also extend the presented material to the case of a general linear Hamiltonian dynamic system on time scales. Some special cases of our results contain the classical Lyapunov inequalities for differential equations as well as only recently developed Lyapunov inequalities for difference equations.

Department(s)
Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords and Phrases
  • time scales,
  • Lyapunov inequality,
  • Dynamic equations,
  • Disconjugacy,
  • Hamiltonian system
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2002 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Publication Date
01 Jan 2002
Citation Information
Martin Bohner, Stephen L. Clark and Jerry Ridenhour. "Lyapunov Inequalities for Time Scales" Journal of Inequalities and Applications (2002) ISSN: 1025-5834
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/martin-bohner/57/