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Oscillatory behaviour of first order delay differential equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Alexander Tomaras
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
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Abstract

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Best possible conditions are given here, under which all solutions of several delay differential equations are oscillatory.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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