Oscillation criteria for odd order neutral equations (Q1342488)

Some results are obtained for oscillation of all solutions of the odd order neutral differential equation \[ (x(t)- px(t- \tau))^{(n)}+ \sum^ m_{i= 1} p_ i(t) f_ i(x(t- \sigma_ i))= 0,\tag{1} \] where \(p_ i(t)\geq 0\), \(\sigma_ i\in (0, \infty)\), \(f_ i: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) \((i= 1,2,\dots, m)\), \(p, \tau\in [0, \infty)\). Theorem 1 shows that if \(0\leq p< 1\), \(f_ i(x)= x\), \(n> 1\), and for some \(\mu\in (0, 1)\), all solutions of the first order delay equation \[ x'(t)+ (\mu/(1- p)(n- 1)!)((n- 1)/ n)^{n- 1} \sum^ m_{i=1} (\sigma_ i)^{n- 1} p_ i(t) x(t- \sigma_ i/n)= 0 \] are oscillatory, then all solutions of (1) are oscillatory.