Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 315158, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/315158
Research Article

Kamenev-Type Oscillation Criteria of Second-Order Nonlinear Dynamic Equations on Time Scales

Yang-Cong Qiu1,2 and Qi-Ru Wang2

1Department of Humanities & Education, Shunde Polytechnic, Foshan, Guangdong 528333, China
2School of Mathematics & Computational Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China

Received 20 November 2012; Accepted 14 December 2012

Academic Editor: Elena Braverman

Copyright © 2013 Yang-Cong Qiu and Qi-Ru Wang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Using functions from some function classes and a generalized Riccati technique, we establish Kamenev-type oscillation criteria for second-order nonlinear dynamic equations on time scales of the form . Two examples are included to show the significance of the results.