Novel oscillation criteria for third-order semi-canonical differential equations with an advanced neutral term

<jats:p>The main purpose of this paper is to present new oscillation results for nonlinear semi-canonical third-order differential equations with an advanced neutral term. The main idea is first by reducing the studied semi-canonical equation into standard canonical type equation without assuming any extra conditions. Then, by using the comparison method and integral averaging technique, sufficient conditions are established to ensure the oscillation of the reduced canonical equation, which in turn leads to the oscillation of the original equation. Therefore, the technique used here is very useful since the results already known for the canonical equations can be applied to obtain the oscillation of the semi-canonical equations. Two examples are provided to illustrate the importance of the main results.</jats:p>