A new method for the existence of periodic solution to a \(p\)-Laplacian Liénard equation (Q1032567)

The authors prove the existence of periodic solutions for equations with delay of the type \[ (\varphi_p(x'(t)))'+f(x(t))x'(t)+g(x(t-\tau(t)))=e(t). \] The conditions assumed imply that the nonlinearity \(g(x)\) has at most linear growth and, roughly speaking, stays either below the first ``eigenvalue'', or between the first and the second ``eigenvalues''. The proof is carried out by the use of a generalization of Mawhin's continuation theorem.