Periodic solutions for second-order differential inclusions with nonsmooth potentials under weak AR-conditions (Q2877622)

The paper deals with the periodic problem NEWLINE\[NEWLINE -(J_p(x'(t)))'+a(t)J_p(x(t))\in \partial f(t,x(t))\quad \text{ a.e. on } [0,b], \eqno (1) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINE x(0)=x(b),\quad x'(0)=x'(b), \eqno (2) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(1<p<\infty\), \(J_p\) denotes the \(p-\)Laplacian defined by \(J_p(x)=|x|^{p-2}x\) for \(x\not= 0\) and \(J_p(0)=0\), \(\partial f(t,x)\) is the Clarke subdifferential, and the non-smooth potential \(f(t,x)\) satisfy the AR-like condition NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \exists d_*>0, M_0>0 : (u,x)-p f(t,x)\geq d_* NEWLINE\]NEWLINE for a.e. \(t\in [0,b]\) and for all \(u\in \partial f(t,x)\) with \(|x|\geq M_0\). At first, the authors study problem (1), (2) in the scalar case and prove the existence of two distinct positive solutions using critical point theory of non-smooth type. Then they derive existence and multiplicity results for \(f:[0,b]\times \mathbb R^N\to\mathbb R\) where \(N\geq 1\).