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On the Oscillation of a Third Order Nonlinear Differential Equation with Piecewise Constant Arguments

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The paper deals with the oscillation and asymptotic behaviour of a third order nonlinear differential equation with piecewise constant arguments. We give some conditions that guarantee the oscillation and asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of this equation.

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    Huseyin Bereketoglu, Mehtap Lafci & Gizem S. Oztepe

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Bereketoglu, H., Lafci, M. & Oztepe, G.S. On the Oscillation of a Third Order Nonlinear Differential Equation with Piecewise Constant Arguments. Mediterr. J. Math. 14, 123 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-017-0923-9

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