Periodic solutions of a class of nonautonomous second order differential systems with \((q,p)\)-Laplacian (Q617776)

Consider the second order system \[ \frac{d}{dt} \left ( |\dot{u}_1 (t) |^{q-2} \dot{u}_1 (t) \right ) = \nabla_{u_1} F(t,u_1 (t),u_2 (t)), \;\text{a.e.} \;t \in [0,T], \] \[ \frac{d}{dt} \left ( |\dot{u}_2 (t) |^{p-2} \dot{u}_2 (t) \right ) = \nabla_{u_2} F(t,u_1 (t),u_2 (t)), \;\text{a.e.} \;t \in [0,T], \] \[ u_1 (0) - u_1 (T) = \dot{u}_1 (0) - \dot{u}_1 (T) = 0, \] \[ u_2 (0) - u_2 (T) = \dot{u}_2 (0) - \dot{u}_2 (T) = 0, \] where \(1 < p,q < \infty,\) \(T > 0\) and \(F: [0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^N \times \mathbb{R}^N \rightarrow \mathbb{R}.\) By using the least action principle, the author obtains some existence theorems which generalize some previous results by \textit{X.-P. Wu} and \textit{C.-L. Tang} for the case \(p=q=2\) [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 236, No.~2, 227--235 (1999; Zbl 0971.34027)].