EN
Sufficient conditions are obtained so that every solution of
$[y(t) - p(t)y(t-τ)]^{(n)} + Q(t)G(y(t-σ)) = f(t)$
where n ≥ 2, p,f ∈ C([0,∞),ℝ), Q ∈ C([0,∞),[0,∞)), G ∈ C(ℝ,ℝ), τ > 0 and σ ≥ 0, oscillates or tends to zero as $t→ ∞ $. Various ranges of p(t) are considered. In order to accommodate sublinear cases, it is assumed that $∫_0^{∞} Q(t)dt = ∞$. Through examples it is shown that if the condition on Q is weakened, then there are sublinear equations whose solutions tend to ±∞ as t → ∞.