Nonoscillatory solutions of neutral differential equations (Q2640767)

The paper deals with the neutral ODE \((*)\quad (d^ n/dt^ n)(x(t)- h(t)x(s(t)))+kp(t)f(x(g(t)))=0,\) \(n\geq 2\), \(k^ 2=1\), \(s(t)<t\), \(| h(t)| \leq h<1\), \(p(t)>0\), h(t)h(s(t))\(\geq 0\), \(f(u)u>0\) for \(u\neq 0\), g(t)\(\to \infty\), \(t\to \infty\). A systematic study of the structure of all nonoscillatory solutions of the equation (*) is given. An interesting section is devoted to the asymptotic relations between x(t) and \(x(t)- h(t)x(s(t)).\) The classification of nonoscillatory solutions x(t) of (*) takes into account the asymptotic behaviour as \(t\to \infty\). In the last chapters necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of nonoscillatory solutions are demonstrated. The results extend earlier results connected with simpler equations.