Nonoscillation, oscillation and convergence of a class of neutral equations (Q1570463)

Stability and oscillation/nonoscillation results are given for the equation \[ {d\over dt} (x(t)+ px(t-\tau))= -ax(t)+ b\cdot\tanh x(t- \tau) \] with \(a>0\), \(b>0\), \(|p|< I\), \(\tau\geq 0\). The oscillation results are obtained by comparison with the equation \[ {d\over dt} (x(t)+ cx(t- \tau))= -qx(t- \tau) \] with \(-1< c< 0\), \(q>0\). For stability studies a Lyapunov functional is used.