On oscillation and asymptotic behaviour of solutions of forced first-order neutral differential equations (Q5949626)

Here, sufficient conditions are obtained under which every solution to \[ [y(t)\pm y(t-\tau)]'\pm Q(t)G(y(t-\sigma))=f(t), \quad t\geq 0, \] oscillates or tends to zero or to \(\pm \infty\) as \(t\longrightarrow \infty\). Usually, these conditions are stronger than \[ \int_{0}^{\infty}Q(t) dt=\infty.\tag{1} \] An example is given to show that the condition (1) is not enough to arrive at the above conclusion. The existence of a positive (or negative) solution to \[ [y(t)-y(t-\tau)]'+Q(t)G(y(t-\sigma))=f(t) \] is considered.