-Some new oscillation criteria for the even order damped functional differential equation (a(t)z(n-1)(t)) ' ÷ p(t)lz(n-1)(Ol#x(n-a)(O ÷ q(t)f(xIaa(t)] . . . . . =Lq.~(t)]) = 0 are established, where ~ _> O. These criteria are an extension of some of the known results. 1. I N T R O D U C T I O N Recently, Grace and Lalli [1] discussed the oscillation of the nth-order functional differential equa...

The paper is dedicated to analytical and algebraic approaches to the problem of the integration of ordinary differential equations. The first part is devoted to linear ordinary differential equations of the second and nth orders, while the second deals with nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Factorization of nonlinear equations of the second and the third orders both through commutative...

The variational iteration method [1, 2], which is a modified general Lagrange multiplier method, has been shown to solve effectively, easily, and accurately a large class of nonlinear problems with approximations which converges (locally) to accurate solutions (if certain Lipschitz-continuity conditions are met). It was successfully applied to autonomous ordinary differential equations and nonl...