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Existence of Periodic and Subharmonic Solutions for Second-Order p-Laplacian Difference Equations

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We obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of periodic and subharmonic solutions of second-order p-Laplacian difference equations using the critical point theory.

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Chen, P., Fang, H. Existence of Periodic and Subharmonic Solutions for Second-Order p-Laplacian Difference Equations. Adv Differ Equ 2007, 042530 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/42530

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