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A detailed analysis is made of the structure of positive solutions of fourth-order differential equations of the form
under the assumption that α, β are positive constants, p(t), q(t) are positive continuous functions on [a,∞), and p(t) satisfies
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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 34C10, 34D05
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Takaŝi, K., Tanigawa, T. On the structure of positive solutions of a class of fourth order nonlinear differential equations. Annali di Matematica 185, 521–536 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10231-005-0165-5
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