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Oscillation of second order neutral differential equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

L.H. Erbe
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G1
B.G. Zhang
Affiliation:
Shandong College of Oceanography, Qingdao, China
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Abstract

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Some new sufficient conditions are obtained for the oscillation of the neutral differential equation

where r(t) > 0, 0 < c < 1, p(t) ≥ 0, σ(t) > τ > 0 and α = 1 or 0 < α < 1.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1989

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