In this paper,
we introduce a ne
w modification of the half-
linear Prüfer angle. Applying this modification,
we investigate the conditional oscillation of the half-
linear second order differential equation
where
w the MathML source">p>1,
w the MathML source">α≠p, and
w the MathML source">r,s are continuous functions such that
w the MathML source">r(t)>0 for large
w the MathML source">t. We present conditions on the functions
w the MathML source">r,s which guarantee that Eq.
(w the MathML source">∗) behaves like the Euler type equation
w the MathML source">[tα−1Φ(x′)]′+λtα−1−pΦ(x)=0, which is conditionally oscillatory
with the oscillation constant
w the MathML source">λ0=|p−α|p∕pp.