OSCILLATION BEHAVIOR OF SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR NEUTRAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH DEVIATING ARGUMENTS

Oscillation criteria are established for second order nonlinear neutral differential equations with deviating arguments of the form \[r(t)\psi(x(t))|z'(t)|^{\alpha -1} z'(t)+ \int_a^b q(t,\xi)f(x(g(t,\phi)))d\sigma (\xi) =0,\quad t\gt t_0,\] where \(\alpha \gt 0\) and \(z(t)= x(t)+p(t)x(t-\tau)\). Our results improve and extend some known results in the literature. Some illustrating examples are also provided to show the importance of our results.