Oscillations of higher order nonlinear functional differential equations with impulses (Q2383766)

The authors consider a class of general higher order nonlinear functional differential equations with impulses. Several new lemmas are presented to determine the signs of the \(i\)th derivative of solutions of the equations. Then, by employing a generalized Riccati technique, new oscillation criteria are obtained for the equations. These criteria extend and improve a number of existing results. Two examples are also included to show the significance of the results.