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Oscillation criteria for certain fourth order nonlinear functional differential equations. (English) Zbl 1137.34031
Summary: Some new criteria for the oscillation of the fourth-order functional-differential equation
$\frac{d}{dt} \left( \frac{1}{a_3(t)} \left( \frac{d}{dt} \frac{1}{a_2(t)} \left( \frac{d}{dt} \frac{1}{a_1(t)} \left( \frac{d}{dt} x(t)\right)^{\alpha_1} \right)^{\alpha_2} \right)^{\alpha_3}\right)+ \delta q(t) f(x[g(t)])=0,$
where $$\delta=\pm1$$ are established.

##### MSC:
 34K11 Oscillation theory of functional-differential equations 34C10 Oscillation theory, zeros, disconjugacy and comparison theory for ordinary differential equations
##### Keywords:
nonoscillation; comparison
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