The Majorana Oscillator.

At present the expression `Majorana oscillator' does not appear to be in use in theoretical physics. However, the author of this paper heard it in the Seventies, during private conversations with the late Prof. B.Touschek. This little contribution tries to explore the possible meanings of this expression and introduces a new field equation, generalizing the one already introduced by Majorana himself, which could describe a hypothetical `Majorana oscillator'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]