Oscillatory and Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Second Order Neutral Delay Differential Equations with “maxima”

The authors establish some new criteria for the oscillation and asymptotic behavior of all solutions of the equation. (a(t)(x(t) + p(t)x(τ(t)))) + q(t) max [σ(t),t] x(s) = 0, t ≥ t0 ≥ 0, where a(t) > 0, q(t) ≥ 0, τ(t) ≤ t, σ(t) ≤ t, α is the ratio of odd positive integers, and ∫∞ 0 dt a(t) < ∞. Examples are included to illustrate the results. AMS Subject Classification: 34K11, 34K99