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Asymptotic solutions of forced nonlinear second order differential equations and their extensions
Using a modified version of Schauder's fixed point theorem, measures of
non-compactness and classical techniques, we provide new general results on the
asymptotic behavior and the non-oscillation of second order scalar nonlinear
differential equations on a half-axis. In addition, we extend the methods and
present new similar results for integral equations and Volterra-Stieltjes
integral equations, a framework whose benefits include the unification of
second order difference and differential equations. In so doing, we enlarge the
class of nonlinearities and in some cases remove the distinction between
superlinear, sublinear, and linear differential equations that is normally
found in the literature. An update of papers, past and present, in the theory
of Volterra-Stieltjes integral equations is also presented
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