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Oscillation and Nonoscillation Properties of Neutral Differential Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

L. H. Erbe
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G1
Qingkai Kong
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G1
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Abstract

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We obtain a number of new conditions for oscillation of the first order neutral delay equation with nonconstant coefficients of the form

Comparison results are also given as well as conditions for the existence of nonoscillatory solutions.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1994

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