The authors obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of oscillatory solutions with a specified asymptotic behavior of solutions to a nonlinear neutral differential equation with distributed delay of third order. We give new theorems which ensure that every solution to be either oscillatory or converges to zero asymptotically. Examples dwelling upon the importance of applicab...

Article history: Received 30 October 2009 Available online 2 February 2011 Submitted by J.J. Nieto

With the development of modern society, research on properties of ordinary differential equation is becoming one of the hotspots in mathematical field. Neutral differential equation which is usually generated in natural science and engineering field is always extensively concerned by many scientific researchers for it can effectively describe multiple complex phenomena in natural world. In rece...

Neutral delay differential equations contain the derivative of the unknown function both with and without delays. Some new phenomena can appear, hence the theory of neutral delay differential equations is even more complicated than the theory of non-neutral delay equations. The oscillatory behavior of the solutions of neutral systems is of importance in both the theory and applications, such as...

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