# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

November  2019, 12(7): 2085-2095. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2019134

## Periodic and subharmonic solutions for a 2$n$th-order $\phi_c$-Laplacian difference equation containing both advances and retardations

 School of Mathematics and Information Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China

* Corresponding author: Zhan Zhou

Received  December 2017 Revised  May 2018 Published  December 2018

We consider a 2$n$th-order nonlinear difference equation containing both many advances and retardations with $\phi_c$-Laplacian. Using the critical point theory, we obtain some new and concrete criteria for the existence and multiplicity of periodic and subharmonic solutions in the more general case of the nonlinearity.

Citation: Peng Mei, Zhan Zhou, Genghong Lin. Periodic and subharmonic solutions for a 2$n$th-order $\phi_c$-Laplacian difference equation containing both advances and retardations. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2019, 12 (7) : 2085-2095. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2019134
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