Multiple periodic solutions of a class of \(p\)-Laplacian (Q2577448)

Consider the boundary value problem \[ \begin{gathered} (\phi_p(x'))'+ f(t,x,x')= 0,\quad 0< t< 1,\\ x(0)= x(1),\;x'(0)= x'(1),\end{gathered}\tag{\(*\)} \] where \(\phi_p(u)= |u|^{p-2}u\), \(p> 1\), \(f\in C([0,1]\times \mathbb{R}^2,\mathbb{R})\) is 1-periodic in \(t\). The author assumes the existence of \(n\) \((n\geq 2)\) pairs of strict lower and upper solutions to \((*)\) satisfying some ordering. Under additional conditions, he proves the existence of \(2n-1\) 1-periodic solutions of \((*)\) by means of some generalization of the coincidence degree method.