International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 29 (2002), Issue 4, Pages 245-249
doi:10.1155/S0161171202004180

On the oscillation of first-order neutral delay differential equations with real coefficients

Ibrahim R. Al-Amri

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 30010, Madinah Munawarah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

We prove sufficient conditions for the oscillation of all solutions of a scalar first-order neutral delay differential equation x˙(t)cx˙(tτ)+i=1npix(tσi)=0 for all 0<c<1, τ, σi>0, and pi, i=1,2,,n.