Linearized oscillation in a nonautonomous scalar delay differential equation (Q2488713)

The author considers nonautonomous scalar delay differential equations of the form \[ x'(t)=f(t, x(t-r)), \] where \(r\) is a nonnegative constant, and \(f: [0, \infty)\times (-\delta, \delta)\rightarrow \mathbb R\) \((0<\delta\leq\infty)\) is a \(C^1\)-function with zero as an equilibrium. A new linearized oscillation criterion is established and the assumptions include a weak recurrence property of a partial derivative of the nonlinearity. An example is also presented to show the importance of the recurrence assumption.