Oscillatory behaviour of higher-order nonlinear neutral delay dynamic equations on time scales

Abstract

In this paper, new sufficient conditions are established for the oscillation of solutions of the higher order dynamic equations [r(t)(z?n-1(t))?]? + q(t) f(x(?(t)))=0, for t ?[t0,?)T, where z(t):= x(t)+ p(t)x(?(t)), n ? 2 is an even integer and ? ? 1 is a quotient of odd positive integers. Under less restrictive assumptions for the neutral coefficient, we employ new comparison theorems and Generalized Riccati technique.