Periodic solutions for a class of \(n\)-dimensional prescribed mean curvature equations (Q1987604)

In this paper, there is investigated the periodic problem \begin{align*} \frac{d}{dt}\phi(x^{\prime})+\nabla W(x)&= p(t),\\ x(0)=x(T),\quad x^{\prime}(0)&= x^{\prime}(T), \end{align*} where \(x^\top=(x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n)\), \(W\in \mathcal{C}^1(\mathbb{R}^n)\), \(p\in \mathcal{C}(\mathbb{R})\), \(p(t+T)=p(t)\), \(\phi(x)= \frac{x}{\sqrt{1+|x|}}\). The authors provide conditions for the functions \(p\) and \(W\) so that the considered periodic problem has at least one periodic solution. The proof of the main result is based upon an extension of the Mawhin continuation theorem. The authors provide the main result with a suitable example