Oscillation criteria for forced first order neutral differential equations with variable coefficients (Q5933415)

The authors discuss the forced first-order neutral differential equation \[ (y(t)-p(t)y(t-\tau))'+\delta Q(t)G(y(t-\sigma))=f(t), \] with \(\delta=\pm 1\), \(p(t)\in C([0, \infty), \mathbb{R})\) is considered in various ranges. Conditions are obtained so that every solution to the equation is oscillatory or tends to zero or to \(\pm \infty\) as \(t\rightarrow \infty\). For \(\delta =1\), necessary and sufficient conditions are also given.