New oscillation results for non-canonical higher order nonlinear neutral dynamic equations (Q2236578)

In this paper, new oscillation criteria for non-canonical higher-order nonlinear neutral dynamic equations of the form \[\left[\left(\left[y^{\Delta^{n-1}}(t)\right]^\alpha\right)\right]^\Delta+q(t)x^\beta(\tau(t))=0 \tag{1}\] is presented, where \(y(t)=x(t)+p(t)x^\gamma(\delta(t))\), and the following is assumed: \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] \(a\), \(p\) and \(q\in\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{rd}}((t_0,\infty)_{\mathbb T},(0,\infty))\), \item[(ii)] \(\alpha\), \(\beta\) and \(\gamma\) are the ratios of positive odd integers, \(0<\gamma\leq1\leq\alpha\), \item[(iii)] \(\tau,\delta\in\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{rd}}({\mathbb T},{\mathbb T})\) such that \(\tau(t),\delta(t)\leq t\) (i.e. delay terms), \(\tau(t)\to\infty\) and \(\delta(t)\to\infty\) as \(t\to\infty\). \end{itemize} There are also presented some oscillation results for certain second-order dynamic equations with sub-linear (\(0<\gamma\leq1\)) as well as super-linear (\(\gamma\geq1\)) neutral terms. In Sections 2 and 3, sufficient conditions are derived such that every solution of Equation (1) is oscillatory or converges to zero. The oscillatory behavior of Equation (1) is considered in Section 4 when \(p(t) \equiv 0\). In Sections 5 and 6, some oscillatory criteria for some special cases of Equation (1) are established. Some illustrative examples are presented to emphasize the relevance of the obtained results.