A necessary and sufficient condition for the oscillation in a class of even order neutral differential equations

• Main Author: Satoshi Tanaka
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Szeged 2000-01-01
• Series: Electronic Journal of Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations
• Online Access: http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/ejqtde/periodica.html?periodica=1&paramtipus_ertek=publication&param_ertek=59

The even order neutral differential equation $$\frac{d^n}{dt^n} [ x(t) + \lambda x(t-\tau) ] + f(t,x(g(t))) = 0\tag{1.1}$$ is considered under the following conditions: $n\ge 2$ is even; $\lambda>0$; $\tau>0$; $g \in C[t_0,\infty)$, $\lim_{t\to\infty} g(t) = \infty$; $f \in C([t_0,\infty) \times {\bf R})$, $u f(t,u) \ge 0$ for $(t,u) \in [t_0,\infty) \times {\bf R}$, and $f(t,u)$ is nondecreasing in $u \in {\bf R}$ for each fixed $t\ge t_0$. It is shown that equation (1.1) is oscillatory if and only if the non-neutral differential equation $$x^{(n)}(t) + \frac{1}{1+\lambda} f(t,x(g(t))) = 0$$ is oscillatory.