TY - JOUR ID - Elabbasy2012 LB - Elabbasy2012 AU - Elabbasy, Elmetwally M. AU - Hassan, T. S. AU - Moaaz, O. TI - Oscillation behavior of second order nonlinear neutral differential equations with deviating arguments ST - Oscillation behavior of second order nonlinear neutral differential equations with deviating arguments JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2012 VL - 32 IS - 4 SP - 719 EP - 730 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2012.32.4.719 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2012.32.4.719 AB - 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. KW - oscillation KW - second order KW - neutral differential equations KW - deviating arguments SN - 1232-9274 ER -