%0 Journal Article %T Damped second order linear differential equation with deviating arguments: Sharp results in oscillation properties %A Leonid Berezansky %A Yury Domshlak %J Electronic Journal of Differential Equations %D 2004 %I Texas State University %X This article presents a new approach for investigating the oscillation properties of second order linear differential equations with a damped term containing a deviating argument $$ x''(t)-[P(t)x(r(t))]'+Q(t)x(l(t))=0,quad r(t)leq t. $$ To study this equation, a specially adapted version of Sturmian Comparison Method is developed and the following results are obtained: %K Linear differential equation with deviating arguments %K second order %K damping term %K oscillation %K Sturmian comparison method %U http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2004/59/abstr.html