Nonoscillatory solutions of second-order nonlinear neutral delay equations (Q2569896)

The authors consider the second-order nonlinear neutral delay differential equation \[ [r(t)(x(t)+P(t)x(t-\tau))']'+Q_1(t)f(x(t-\sigma_1))-Q_2(t)g(x(t-\sigma_2))=0,\tag{E} \] with \(t\geq t_0\), \(\tau>0\), \(\sigma_1\geq 0\), \(\sigma_2\geq 0\); \(P,Q_1,Q_2,r\in C([t_0,\infty),\mathbb R)\); and \(f,g\in C(\mathbb R,\mathbb R)\). By a fixed-point theorem they present criteria for the existence of a nonoscillatory solution of equation (E). Some of them extend known results of \textit{M. R. S. Kulenovic} and \textit{S. Hadziomerspahic} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 228, 436--448 (1998; Zbl 0919.34067)].