Oscillation of second-order non-canonical non-linear dynamic equations with a sub-linear neutral term (Q6568968)

The purpose of the paper is to present some oscillation criteria for the solutions of the nonlinear second- order dynamic equation with a sub-linear neutral term on an arbitrary time scale, i.e., equation of the form\N\[\N \left(\omega(\zeta)\psi^\Delta(\zeta)\right)^\Delta+\kappa(\zeta)\phi^\beta(\tau(\zeta))=0,\qquad\zeta\in{\mathbb T},\tag{1}\N\]\Nwhere\N\[\N\psi(\zeta):=\phi(\zeta)+\lambda(\zeta)\phi^\alpha(\sigma(\zeta))\qquad0<\alpha\leq1.\N\]\NHere \(\tau\) and \(\sigma\) are delay (retarded) arguments, i.e., \(\tau(t),\sigma(t)\leq t\), and \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are the ratios of positive odd integers.\N\NNote that Eq. \((1)\) is said to be canonical if\N\[\N\int_{a}^\infty\frac{1}{\omega(s)}\Delta s=\infty,\N\]\Nbut in this paper the noncanonical case is considered, i.e.,\N\[\N\int_{a}^\infty\frac{1}{\omega(s)}\Delta s<\infty.\N\]\NAnother feature of this article is that, although there are many publications on this subject in the literature in the field of dynamic equations, the subject of sub-linear equations is almost never mentioned and such an equation, i.e., Eq. \((1)\) is considered for the first time in this publication.