Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Oscillatory and Asymptotic Behaviour of Solutions to Second-Order Nonlinear Neutral Differential Equations with Several Delays

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of solutions to second-order nonlinear neutral delay differential equations of the form d d t [ r ( t ) [ d d t ( x ( t ) + p ( t ) x ( t - τ ) ) ] α ] + ∑ i = 1 m q i ( t ) H ( x ( t - σ i ) ) = 0 for t ≥ t 0 > 0 , {d \over {dt}}\left[ {r\left( t \right){{\left[ {{d \over {dt}}\left( {x\left( t \right) + p\left( t \right)x\left( {t - \tau } \right)} \right)} \right]}^\alpha }} \right] + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^m {{q_i}\left( t \right)H\left( {x\left( {t - {\sigma _i}} \right)} \right) = 0\,\,\,{\rm{for}}\,t \ge {t_0} > 0,} under the assumption ∫∞(r(n))−1/αdη=∞. Our main tool is Lebesque’s dominated convergence theorem. Further, some illustrative examples showing the applicability of the new results are included.