Absence of real roots of characteristic functions of functional differential equations with nine real parameters (Q636087)

The authors consider the first order neutral functional-differential equation of the form \[ au'(t)+bu(t)+(cu'(t+\sigma)+du(t+\sigma))+xu(t+\delta)+yu(t+\tau)=0, \] where \(a, b, c, d, x, y, \sigma, \delta, \tau\) are real parameters, and intend to find the exact region containing these parameters such that all solutions of the above equation oscillate. For that purpose they use the Cheng-Lin envelope method developed by [\textit{S. S. Cheng} and \textit{Y. Z. Lin}, Dual sets of envelopes and characteristic regions of quasi-polynomials. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific. (2009; Zbl 1188.65064)].