This paper deals with the some oscillation criteria for the two dimensional difference system of the form: . Examples illustrating the results are inserted.
Consider a nonlinear two dimensional difference system of the form
Δ x n = b n y n α Δ y n = − a n x n β , n 0 ∈ N = 1 , 2 , 3 , ⋯ (1.1)
where { a n } and { b n } are real sequences and n ∈ N ( n 0 ) , α and β are ratio of odd positive integers.
By a solution of Equation (1.1), we mean a real sequence { x n } which is defined for all n ≥ n 0 and satisfies Equation (1.1) for all n ∈ N ( n 0 ) .
In the last few decades there has been an increasing interest in obtaining necessary and sufficient conditions for the oscillation and nonoscillation of two dimensional difference equation. See for example [
Further it will be assumed that { b n } is non-negative for all n ≥ n 0 , u β − v β = u β − v β u − v ( u − v ) for all u, v.
The oscillation criteria for system (1.1), when
∑ s = n 0 ∞ a s = ∞ (1.2)
studied in [
∑ s = n 0 ∞ a s < ∞ (1.3)
and investigated the oscillatory behaviour of solutions of the system (1.1). Hence the results obtained in this paper complement to that of in [
We may introduce the function A n defined by
A n = ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ a s , n ∈ N ( n 0 ) (1.4)
Throughout this paper condition (1.2) is tacitly assumed; A n always denotes the function defined by (1.3).
In Section 2, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the system (1.1) to have solutions which behave asymptotically like nonzero constants or linear functions and in Section 3, we present criteria for the oscillation of all solutions of the system (1.1). Examples are inserted to illustrate some of the results in Section 4.
In this section first we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the system (1.1) to have solutions which behave asymptotically like nonzero constants.
Theorem 2.1. If
∑ n = n 0 ∞ | A n | α < ∞ (2.1)
and
∑ n = n 0 ∞ B n α < ∞ (2.2)
are satisfied, then for any constant c ≠ 0 , system (1.1) has a solution ( { x n } , { y n } ) . such that
x n = c + o ( ∑ s = n ∞ ( | A s | α + B s α ) ) (2.3)
y n = o ( | A n | + B n )
as n → ∞ , where
B n = ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ | A s | α + 1 (2.4)
Proof. We may assume without loss of generality that c > 0 . Let
μ = max { u β ; c 2 ≤ u ≤ 3 c 2 }
δ = max { u β − v β u − v ; c 2 ≤ u , v ≤ 3 c 2 }
choose λ > 0 , so that
M δ ( μ ) α = λ 2 (2.5)
and let N ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) be large enough such that
M ( μ ) α ∑ n = N ∞ | A n | α ≤ c 4 (2.6)
M ( λ ) α ∑ n = N ∞ B n α ≤ c 4 (2.7)
and
M δ ( λ ) α ∑ n = N ∞ B n α ≤ λ 2 (2.8)
Let B be the space of all real sequences y = { y n } , n ≥ N with the topology of pointwise convergence. We now define X to be the set of sequences x ∈ B . such that
| x n − c | ≤ c 2 , n ≥ N (2.9)
and
| x n 1 − x n 2 | ≤ M ( ( μ ) α | A ¯ n | α + ( λ ) α B N α ) | n 1 − n 2 | , n 1 , n 2 ≥ N . (2.10)
where | A ¯ N | = sup ( | A n | : n ≥ N ) and define Y to be the set of sequences y ∈ B . Such that
| y n | ≤ μ | A n | + λ B n , n ≥ N . (2.11)
Let T 1 and T 2 denote the mappings from X × Y → B defined by
T 1 ( x , y ) n = C − ∑ s = n ∞ b s y s α n > N (2.12)
and
T 2 ( x , y ) n = A n x n + 1 β + ∑ s = n ∞ A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s , n ≥ N . (2.13)
Finally define T : X × Y → B × B by
T ( x , y ) = ( T 1 ( x , y ) , T 2 ( x , y ) ) , ( x , y ) ∈ X × Y (2.14)
Clearly X × Y is a bounded, closed and convex subset of B × B .
First we show that T maps X × Y into itself. Let ( x , y ) ∈ X × Y . From (2.11), we have
y n α ≤ ( μ ) α | A n | α + ( λ ) α B n α , n ≥ N .
and so, using (2.6) and (2.7), we see that
∑ s = n ∞ b s y s α ≤ M ∑ s = n ∞ ( ( μ ) α | A s | α + ( λ ) α ( B s ) α ) ≤ M ( μ ) α ∑ s = n ∞ | A s | α + M ( λ ) α ∑ s = n ∞ B s α ≤ c 4 + c 4 = c 2 , n ≥ N .
Now from (2.12) it follows that
| T 1 ( x , y ) n − c | ≤ c 2 , n ≥ N .
Moreover,
| T 1 ( x , y ) n 1 − T 1 ( x , y ) n 2 | = | ∑ s = n 1 n 2 − 1 b s y s α | ≤ M | ∑ s = n 1 n 2 − 1 ( μ ) α | A s | α + ( λ ) α B s α | ≤ M ( ( μ ) α | A N | α + ( λ ) α B N α ) | n 1 − n 2 |
for n 1 , n 2 ≥ N . This implies that T 1 ( x , y ) ∈ X . Next from (2.13), we have
| T 2 ( x , y ) n | ≤ μ | A n | + M δ ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ | A s | ( ( μ ) α | A s | α + ( λ ) α B s α ) ≤ μ | A n | + M δ ( μ ) α ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ | A s | α + 1 + M δ ( λ ) α ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ | A s | B s α ≤ μ | A n | + λ 2 B n + M δ ( λ ) α B n ( ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ B s α ) ≤ μ | A n | + λ B n , n ≥ N .
where conditions (2.5), (2.7) and (2.10) have been used. Thus T 2 ( x , y ) ∈ Y . Hence T ( x , y ) ∈ X × Y as desired.
Now let ( x , y ) = ( x n , y n ) ∈ X × Y and for each i = 1 , 2 , ⋯ . Let ( x i , y i ) = ( x n i , y n i ) be a sequence in X × Y . Such that lim i → ∞ ‖ ( x i , y i ) − ( x , y ) ‖ = 0 . Then a straight forward argument lim i → ∞ ‖ T ( x n i , y n i ) − T ( x n , y n ) ‖ = 0 and hence T is continuous.
Finally, in order to apply Schauder-Tychonoff fixed point theorem, we need to show that T ( X × Y ) is relatively compact in B × B . In view of recent result of cheng and patula [
| T 1 ( x , y ) k − T 1 ( x , y ) n | ≤ M ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ ( ( μ ) α | A s | α + ( λ ) α B s α )
and
| T 2 ( x , y ) k − T 2 ( x , y ) n | = 2 μ | A n | + M δ ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ | A s | ( ( μ ) α | A s | α + ( λ ) α B s α )
It is now clear that for a given ϵ > 0 , we can choose N 1 ≥ N , such that k > n ≥ N 1 , imply | T 1 ( x , y ) k − T 1 ( x , y ) n | < ϵ and | T 2 ( x , y ) k − T 2 ( x , y ) n | < ϵ . Thus T 1 ( X × Y ) and T 2 ( X × Y ) are uniformly cauchy and so T ( X × Y ) is uniformly cauchy. Thus T ( X × Y ) is relatively compact.
Therefore by Schauder-Tychonoff fixed point theorem, there is an element ( x , y ) ∈ X × Y such that T ( x , y ) = ( x , y ) . From (2.12), (2.13) and (2.14)
x n = c − ∑ s = n ∞ b s y s α (2.15)
y n = A n x n + 1 β + ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s (2.16)
From (2.15) and (2.16), we see that ( { x n } , { y n } ) is a solution of then system (1.1) with the properties (2.3) and (2.4). This completes the proof of the theorem.
Corollary 2.2. Assume (2.1) and (2.2) are satisfied. Then for any c ≠ 0 system (1.1) has a nonoscillatory solution ( { x n } , { y n } ) such that
x n = c + o ( 1 ) , y n = o ( 1 ) (2.17)
as n → ∞ . The proof is left to the reader.
Before stating and proving our next results, we give a lemma which is concerned with the nonoscillatory solution of (1.1).
Lemma 2.3. Let ( { x n } , { y n } ) be a solution of (1.1) for n ≥ N ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) with x n > 0 for all n ≥ N . Then
∑ i = N ∞ b i y i α + 1 x n + 1 β − x n β x n + 1 − x n x i + 1 β x i β < ∞ (2.18)
and
y n x n + 1 β = θ + A n + ∑ i = n + 1 ∞ b i y i α + 1 x i + 1 β − x i β x i + 1 − x i x i + 1 β x i β (2.19)
for n ≥ N , where θ is a nonnegative constant.
This lemma has been proved by Graef and Thandapani [
Theorem 2.4. Assume that A n ≥ 0 for all n ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . Then a necessary condition for the system (1.1) to have a nonoscillatory solution ( { x n } , { y n } ) satisfying (2.17) is that
∑ n = n 0 ∞ b n A n α < ∞ and ∑ n = n 0 ∞ b n ( ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 ) α < ∞ . (2.20)
Proof. Let ( x n , y n ) be a nonoscillatory solution of the system (1.1) for n ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . Since b n is not identically zero for n ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . Hence x n is nonoscillatory, without loss of generality, we may assume that x n is eventually positive for n ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . From Lemma 2.3, we have y n > 0 for n ≥ N ≥ n 0 and
y n ≥ A n x n + 1 β
and
y n ≥ x n + 1 β ∑ i = n + 1 ∞ b i y i α + 1 x i + 1 β − x i β x i + 1 − x i x i β x i + 1 β , n ≥ N . (2.21)
Since A n → 0 as n → ∞ , from the first equation of system (1.1), we obtain for n ≥ N ,
Δ x n ≥ b n ( A n x n + 1 β ) α ≥ b n ( A n ) α ( x n + 1 β ) α
and hence
∑ s = N n − 1 b s A s α ≤ ∑ s = N n − 1 Δ x s x s + 1 α β (2.22)
Define γ ( t ) = x n + ( t − n ) Δ x n , n ≤ t ≤ n + 1 . If Δ x n ≥ 0 , then x n ≤ γ ( t ) ≤ x n + 1 and
Δ x n x n + 1 α β ≤ γ ′ ( t ) γ ( t ) α β ≤ Δ x n x n α β (2.23)
If Δ x n < 0 , then x n + 1 ≤ γ ( t ) ≤ x n and (2.23) again holds. From (2.22) and (2.23), we obtain
∑ s = N n − 1 b s A s α ≤ ∫ x N x n d s ( s ) α β
which in view of the boundedness of x n implies that
∑ n = N ∞ b n A n α < ∞ . (2.24)
From the second inequality of (2.21) and the following inequality
b n y n α + 1 x n + 1 β − x n β x n + 1 − x n x n β x n + 1 β ≥ b n A n ( x n + 1 ) β ( A n ) α ( x n + 1 ) α β x n + 1 β − x n β x n + 1 − x n x n β x n + 1 β ≥ d b n A n α + 1 , n ≥ N .
where “d” being the constant, we see that
d ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 ≤ y n x n + 1 β
Since ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 → 0 as n → ∞ , from the first equation of system (1.1), we obtain for n ≥ N
Δ x n ≥ b n ( d ( x n + 1 β ) ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 ) α ≥ b n ( d ) α ( x n + 1 β ) α ( ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 ) α
Hence
( d ) α ∑ s = N n − 1 b s ( ∑ i = s + 1 ∞ b i A i α + 1 ) α ≤ ∑ s = N n + 1 Δ x s ( x s + 1 β ) α ≤ ∫ x N x n d s ( s ) α β
which in view of boundedness of x n , implies that
∑ n = N ∞ b n ( ∑ i = n + 1 ∞ b i A i α + 1 ) α < ∞ (2.25)
The inequalities (2.24) and (2.25) clearly imply (2.20). This completes the proof.
we conclude this section with the following theorem which gives a necessary condition for the system (1.1) to have a nonoscillatory solution of the form
x n = n ( c + o ( 1 ) ) , y n = c + o ( 1 ) , as n → ∞ . (2.26)
Theorem 2.5. Assume A n ≥ 0 for n ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . The system (1.1) has a solution of the type (2.26) for some c ≠ 0 , then
∑ n = n 0 ∞ | k 1 α β ( n + 1 ) α β | k 2 β ( n + 1 ) β − k 2 β n β k 2 A n α + 1 < ∞ (2.27)
for some k 1 , k 2 ≠ 0 .
Proof. Let ( x n , y n ) be a solution of (1.1) satisfying (2.26). we may assume c > 0 . Then there is an integer N ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . such that
c n 2 ≤ x n ≤ 2 c n for n ≥ N .
From Lemma 2.2, it follows that
y n = θ x n + 1 β + A n x n + 1 β + x n + 1 β ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s y s α + 1 x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s x s β x s + 1 β (2.28)
for n ≥ N , where θ is a nonnegative constant. Also from the second equation of (1.1), we have
y n = β + A n x n + 1 β − ∑ s = N n A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s (2.29)
where β = y N − 1 − A N − 1 x N β combining (2.28) and (2.29), we have
θ x n + 1 β + x n + 1 β ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s y s α + 1 x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s x s β x s + 1 β = β − ∑ s = N n A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s (2.30)
since y n > 0 by (2.29), (2.30) implies
∑ s = N ∞ A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s < ∞ (2.31)
Using the inequality y n ≥ A n ( x n + 1 β ) in (2.31) we obtain
∑ n = N ∞ b n A n α + 1 x n + 1 α β x n + 1 β − x n β x n + 1 − x n < ∞
If either x n + 1 β − x n β x n + 1 − x n is nonincreasing or nondecreasing holds, then (2.27) follows. This completes the proof of the theorem.
In this section we establish criteria for all solutions of the system (1.1) to be oscillatory. First, we consider the case where the composition of functions is storngly superlinear in the sense that
∫ c ∞ d u ( u ) α β < ∞
and
∫ − c − ∞ d u ( u ) α β < ∞ for all c > 0. (3.1)
Theorem 3.1. Let A n ≥ 0 for n ∈ N ( n 0 ) and (3.1) hold. If
∑ n = n 0 ∞ b n ( ( A n ) α + ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 ) α = ∞ . (3.2)
then the difference system (1.1) is oscillatory.
Proof. Assume the existence of nonoscillatory solution ( { x n } , { y n } ) of the system (1.1) for n ≥ N ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . As in the proof of the Theorem 2.4, we may assume that x n > 0 for all n ≥ N . From Lemma 2.3, we have (2.22) Now following argument as in the proof of Theorem 2.5, we obtain
∑ s = N n − 1 b s ( A s ) α ≤ ∑ s = N n − 1 Δ x s x s + 1 α β ≤ ∫ x N x n d u ( u ) α β , n ≥ N .
Because of condition (3.1), the last inequality implies
∑ n = N ∞ b n ( A n ) α < ∞ . (3.3)
Next from the second inequality (2.21), we have
y n ≥ ( x n + 1 β ) ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 ( x s + 1 α β ) ( x s + 1 β − x s β ) ( x s + 1 − x s ) x s β
The last inequality implies
y n ≥ ( x n + 1 β ) d ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 , n ≥ N .
Again using the argument as in the proof of Theorem 2.5, we obtain
d α ∑ s = N n − 1 b s ( ∑ i = s + 1 ∞ b i A i α + 1 ) α ≤ ∑ s = N n − 1 Δ x s x s α β ≤ ∫ x N x n d u ( u ) α β
for all n ≥ N . So by condition on (3.1), we have
∑ n = N ∞ b n ( ∑ i = n + 1 ∞ b i A i α + 1 ) α < ∞ . (3.4)
The inequalities (3.3) and (3.4) thus obtained clearly contradicts (3.2). This contradiction completes the proof of the theorem.
Our final result is for the case when the composition of function is strongly sublinear in the sense that
∫ 0 c d u ( ( λ u ) α β ) α < ∞ ∫ 0 − c d u ( ( λ u ) α β ) α < ∞ (3.5)
for all c > 0 and λ > 0 .
Theorem 3.2. Let A n ≥ 0 for n ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) and (3.5) hold. If
∑ n = n 0 ∞ b n A n α + 1 R n α β = ∞ (3.6)
where R n = ∑ s = n 0 n b s , then all solutions of the system (1.1) are oscillatory.
Proof. Let ( { x n } , { y n } ) be a nonoscillatory solution of the system (1.1) for n ≥ N ∈ ℕ ( n 0 ) . As in the proof of Theorem 2.5, we may assume that x n > 0 for n ≥ N . From the Lemma 2.3 we have (2.21). Now summing the second equation of system (1.1) from ( n + 1 ) to j, we obtain
y n = y j − A j x J + 1 β + A n x n + 1 β + ∑ s = n + 1 j A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s (3.7)
for j ≥ n + 1 ≥ N . Note that
∑ s = n + 1 ∞ A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s < ∞ . (3.8)
Since otherwise it would follow from (3.9) that y j − A j x j + 1 β → − ∞ as j → ∞ , which contradicts the first inequality of (2.21). Therefore letting j → ∞ in (3.9), we obtain
y n = η + A n x n + 1 β + ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ A s b s y s α x s + 1 β − x s β x s + 1 − x s , n ≥ N . (3.9)
where
η = lim j → ∞ ( y j − A j x j + 1 β ) ≥ 0.
Define
κ n = ∑ s = n + 1 ∞ b s A s α + 1 x s + 1 α β (3.10)
and in view of first inequality of (2.21) and (3.7), { κ n } is convergent.
From (3.11) and (3.12), we have y n ≥ λ κ n , n ≥ N .
Now substituting the value in the first equation of (1.1) and then summing the resulting inequality, we obtain
x n + 1 ≥ x n ≥ ∑ s = N n − 1 b s λ κ s α ≥ ( λ κ n − 1 ) α R n − 1 ,
Now using conditions (3.7) and (3.8)
b n ( A n ) α + 1 ( x n + 1 ) α β ( ( λ κ n − 1 ) α β ) α ≥ b n A n α + 1 ( R n ) α β
since Δ κ n − 1 = − b n ( A n ) α + 1 ( x n + 1 ) α β , the above inequality can be written as,
− Δ κ n − 1 ( ( λ κ n − 1 ) α β ) α ≥ b n A n α + 1 ( R n ) α β (3.11)
observe that for κ n ≤ t ≤ κ n − 1 , we have ( ( λ κ n − 1 ) α β ) α ≥ ( ( λ t ) α β ) α , and therefore
− Δ κ n − 1 ( ( λ κ n − 1 ) α β ) α ≤ ∫ κ n κ n − 1 d t ( ( λ t ) α β ) α (3.12)
Hence from (3.13) and (3.14), we obtain
∫ κ n κ N d t ( ( λ t ) α β ) α ≥ ∑ s = N n − 1 b s A s α + 1 R s α β
which, in view of condition (3.5) and (3.8) provides a contradiction. This completes the proof of the theorem.
Example 4.1. Consider the system
Δ x n = 2.3 5 n y n 5 Δ y n − 1 = − 4 3 n x n 5 (4.1)
Here b n = 2.3 5 n , a n = − 4 3 n , y n α = y 5 , x n β = x n 5 . All the necessary conditions of Theorem 3.1 are satisfied and hence the system (4.1) is oscillatory. Here, ( x n , y n ) = ( ( − 1 ) n , { ( − 1 ) n + 1 3 n } ) is an oscillatory solution of the system (4.1).
Example 4.2. Consider the system
Δ x n = y n 1 3 Δ y n − 1 = − ( 4 + ( − 1 ) n ( 4 n + 1 ) ) n ( n + 1 ) x n , n ≥ 1 (4.2)
Here b n = 1 , a n = − ( 4 + ( − 1 ) n ( 4 n + 1 ) ) n ( n + 1 ) , y n α = y n 1 3 and x n β = x n with A n − 1 = 4 + ( − 1 ) n n , n ≥ 1 . we see that all conditions of Theorem 3.2 are satisfied. Hence all solutions of the system (4.2) are oscillatory.
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Saraswathi, G. and Sumathi, P. (2019) Oscillatory and Asymptotic Behaviour of Solutions of Two Nonlinear Dimensional Difference Systems. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 7, 1001-1011. https://doi.org/10.4236/jamp.2019.74067