Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2010(2010), No. 111, pp. 1-13. Title: Generalized Picone and Riccati inequalities for half-linear differential operators with arbitrary elliptic matrices Authors: Simona Fisnarova (Mendel Univ., Czech Republic) Robert Marik (Mendel Univ., Czech Republic) Abstract: In the article, we extend the well-known Picone identity for half-linear partial differential equations to equations with anisotropic p-Laplacian. Submitted June 29, 2010. Published August 10, 2010. Math Subject Classifications: 35J92, 35B05. Key Words: Half-linear differential equation; second order equation; Picone identity; conjugacy; oscillation.