Oscillations of higher order neutral differential equations of mixed type (Q1972374)

Oscillatory properties of the solutions to the neutral higher-order functional-differential equation of mixed type \[ \frac{d^n}{dt^n} (x(t)+cx(t-h)+Cx(t+H)) +qx(t-g) +Qx(t+G)=0 \] are considered. Here, \(c\), \(C\), \(g\), \(G\), \(h\) and \(H\) are real constants, and \(q\) and \(Q\) are nonnegative real constants. Theorems are proved that give sufficient conditions for all solutions to be oscillatory. They improve results by \textit{S.~R.~Grace} [Appl. Math. Comput. 68, No. 1, 1-13 (1995; Zbl 0829.34058)]. The proof is based on the study of the corresponding characteristic equation.