TY - JOUR ID - Džurina2019 LB - Džurina2019 AU - Džurina, Jozef AU - Jadlovská, Irena AU - Stavroulakis, Ioannis P. TI - Oscillatory results for second-order noncanonical delay differential equations ST - Oscillatory results for second-order noncanonical delay differential equations JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2019 VL - 39 IS - 4 SP - 483 EP - 495 DO - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2019.39.4.483 UR - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2019.39.4.483 AB - The main purpose of this paper is to improve recent oscillation results for the second-order half-linear delay differential equation \[\left(r(t)\left(y'(t)\right)^\gamma\right)'+q(t)y^\gamma(\tau(t))= 0, \quad t\geq t_0,\] under the condition \[\int_{t_0}^{\infty}\frac{\text{d} t}{r^{1/\gamma}(t)} \lt \infty.\] Our approach is essentially based on establishing sharper estimates for positive solutions of the studied equation than those used in known works. Two examples illustrating the results are given. KW - linear differential equation KW - delay KW - second-order KW - noncanonical KW - oscillation SN - 1232-9274 ER -