Oscillation of half-linear differential equations with delay (Q2015772)

Summary: We study the half-linear delay differential equation \[ (r(t)\Phi(x'(t)))'+c(t)\Phi(x(\tau(t)))=0, \] \(\Phi(x):=|x|^{p-2}x\), \(p>1\). We establish a new a priori bound for the nonoscillatory solution of this equation and utilize this bound to derive new oscillation criteria for this equation in terms of oscillation criteria for an ordinary half-linear differential equation. The presented results extend and improve previous results of other authors. An extension to neutral equations is also provided.