On the oscillation of an \(n\)th-order nonlinear neutral delay differential equation (Q1195403)

The authors study the neutral delay differential equation \[ [y(t)+P(t)y(g(t))]^{(n)}+\delta Q(t)f(y(h(t)))=0,\qquad n\geq 1,\quad t\geq t_ 0>0,\tag{E} \] where \(\delta=\pm 1\), \(P,Q,g,h: [t_ 0,\infty)\to R_ +\) are continuous functions, \(g(t)\leq t\), \(h(t)\leq t\), \(g(t)\to \infty\), \(h(t)\to\infty\) as \(t\to\infty\); \(f: R\to R\) is continuous with \(uf(u)>0\) for \(u\neq 0\). This paper contains two theorems which give sufficient conditions under which any (bounded) solution of (E) is either oscillatory or \(y(t)\to 0\) as \(t\to\infty\).