It is proved that under some conditions the set of all solutions of an initial value problem for $n$-th order functional differential system on an unbounded interval is a compact $R_{\delta }$.

The paper considers a scalar differential equation of an advance-delay type $$\dot{y}\left(t\right)=-\left(a_0+\frac{a_1}{t}\right)y(t-\tau )+\left(b_0+\frac{b_1}{t}\right)y(t+\sigma ),$$ where constants $a_0$, $b_0$, $\tau$ and $\sigma$ are positive, and $a_1$ and $b_1$ are arbitrary. The behavior of its solutions for $t\to \infty$ is analyzed provided that the transcendental equation $$\lambda =-a_0{\mathrm{e}}^{-\lambda \tau }+b_0{\mathrm{e}}^{\lambda \sigma }$$ has a positive real root. An exponential-type function approximating the solution is searched for to be used in proving the existence of a semi-global solution. Moreover, the lower and upper estimates are given for such a solution.

In this article, we shall establish sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability and boundedness of solutions of a certain third order nonlinear non-autonomous delay differential equation, by using a Lyapunov function as basic tool. In doing so we extend some existing results. Examples are given to illustrate our results.

The aim of this paper is to deduce oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the $n-$th order neutral differential equation $${(x\left(t\right)-px(t-\tau ))}^{\left(n\right)}-q\left(t\right)x\left(\sigma \left(t\right)\right)=0,$$ where $\sigma \left(t\right)$ is a delayed or advanced argument.

The a priori boundedness principle is proved for the Dirichlet boundary value problems for strongly singular higher-order nonlinear functional-differential equations. Several sufficient conditions of solvability of the Dirichlet problem under consideration are derived from the a priori boundedness principle. The proof of the a priori boundedness principle is based on the Agarwal-Kiguradze type theorems, which guarantee the existence of the Fredholm property for strongly singular higher-order linear...

Globally positive solutions for the third order differential equation with the damping term and delay, $$x^{\text{'}\text{'}\text{'}}+q\left(t\right)x^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)-r\left(t\right)f\left(x\left(\phi \left(t\right)\right)\right)=0,$$ are studied in the case where the corresponding second order differential equation $$y^{\text{'}\text{'}}+q\left(t\right)y=0$$ is oscillatory. Necessary and sufficient conditions for all nonoscillatory solutions of (*) to be unbounded are given. Furthermore, oscillation criteria ensuring that any solution is either oscillatory or unbounded together with its first and second derivatives are presented. The comparison of results with those...

In this paper, we aim to study the global solvability of the following system of third order nonlinear neutral delay differential equations $$\frac{d}{dt}\left\{r_i\left(t\right)\frac{d}{dt}\left[{\lambda }_i\left(t\right)\frac{d}{dt}\left(x_i\left(t\right)-f_i(t,x_1(t-{\sigma }_{i1}),x_2(t-{\sigma }_{i2}),x_3(t-{\sigma }_{i3}))\right)\right]\right\}+\frac{d}{dt}\left[r_i\left(t\right)\frac{d}{dt}{g}_i(t,x_1\left(p_{i1}\left(t\right)\right),x_2\left(p_{i2}\left(t\right)\right),x_3\left(p_{i3}\left(t\right)\right))\right]+\frac{d}{dt}{h}_i(t,x_1\left(q_{i1}\left(t\right)\right),x_2\left(q_{i2}\left(t\right)\right),x_3\left(q_{i3}\left(t\right)\right))=l_i(t,x_1\left({\eta }_{i1}\left(t\right)\right),x_2\left({\eta }_{i2}\left(t\right)\right),x_3\left({\eta }_{i3}\left(t\right)\right)),t\ge t_0,i\in \{1,2,3\}$$ in the following bounded closed and convex set $$\Omega (a,b)=\left\{x\left(t\right)=(x_1\left(t\right),x_2\left(t\right),x_3\left(t\right))\in C([t_0,+\infty ),{ℝ}^3):a\left(t\right)\le x_i\left(t\right)\le b\left(t\right),\forall t\ge t_0,i\in \{1,2,3\}\right\},$$ where ${\sigma }_{ij}>0$, $r_i,{\lambda }_i,a,b\in C([t_0,+\infty ),{ℝ}^{+})$, $f_i,g_i,h_i,l_i\in C([t_0,+\infty )\times {ℝ}^3,ℝ)$, $p_{ij},q_{ij},{\eta }_{ij}\in C([t_0,+\infty ),ℝ)$ for $i,j\in \{1,2,3\}$. By applying the Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem, the Schauder fixed point theorem, the Sadovskii fixed point theorem and the Banach contraction principle, four existence results of uncountably many bounded positive solutions of the system are established.