# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2013, 33(1): 141-152. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.141

## On the existence and stability of periodic solutions for pendulum-like equations with friction and $\phi$-Laplacian

 1 Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidade de Vigo, Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering, 32004, Ourense, Spain 2 Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias, Granada, Spain

Received  April 2011 Revised  January 2012 Published  September 2012

In this paper we study the existence, multiplicity and stability of T-periodic solutions for the equation $\left(\phi(x')\right)'+c\, x'+g(x)=e(t)+s.$
Citation: J. Ángel Cid, Pedro J. Torres. On the existence and stability of periodic solutions for pendulum-like equations with friction and $\phi$-Laplacian. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2013, 33 (1) : 141-152. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.141
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