Oscillatory behavior of solutions for a class of second order nonlinear differential equations with perturbation (Q970487)

The authors are concerned with the oscillation of a perturbed nonlinear differential equation \[ \left( a\left( t\right) \psi\left( x\left( t\right) \right) x^{\prime }\left( t\right) \right) ^{\prime}+Q\left( t,x\left( t\right) \right) =P\left( t,x\left( t\right) ,x^{\prime}\left( t\right) \right) ,\tag{1} \] where \(a\) and \(\psi\) are positive continuously differentiable functions, \(Q\) and \(P\) are continuous functions. Assuming that there exist continuous functions \(q,\) \(p\) and a continuously differentiable increasing function \(f\) satisfying the sign condition \(xf\left( x\right) >0\) such that, for \(x\neq0,\) \[ \frac{Q\left( t,x\left( t\right) \right) }{f\left( x\left( t\right) \right) }\geq q\left( t\right) \qquad\text{and\qquad}\frac{P\left( t,x\left( t\right) ,x^{\prime}\left( t\right) \right) }{f\left( x\left( t\right) \right) }\leq p\left( t\right), \] they establish sufficient conditions for the oscillation of equation (1) in terms of the functions \(p,\) \(q\) and \(a\) in the case, when the function \(f\left( x\right) /\psi\left( x\right) \) is strongly sublinear. Although the authors assert that new oscillation criteria generalize and improve some known results, they do not compare their efficiency in the paper. Furthermore, the quite rigid assumptions on the functions restrict applications; this is also seen in both examples where \(p(t)\equiv0\) has been selected.