The aim of this paper is to study the asymptotic properties and oscillation of the nth-order delay differential equation
The results obtained are based on some new comparison theorems that reduce the problem of oscillation of an nth-order equation to the problem of oscillation of one or more first-order equations. We handle both cases
The comparison principles simplify the analysis of Eq. (E).
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Published in Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 13–24, January–March, 2012.
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Baculíková, B., Džurina, J. & Graef, J.R. On the oscillation of higher-order delay differential equations. J Math Sci 187, 387–400 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-012-1071-1
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