Periodic Problem for Doubly Nonlinear Evolution Equation

Abstract

We are concerned with the time-periodic problem of some doubly nonlinear equations governed by differentials of two convex functionals over uniformly convex Banach spaces. Akagi--Stefanelli (2011) considered Cauchy problem of the same equation via the so-called WED functional approach. Main purpose of this paper is to show the existence of the time-periodic solution under the same growth conditions on functionals and differentials as those imposed in Akagi--Stefanelli (2011). Because of the difference of nature between Cauchy problem and the periodic problem, we can not apply the WED functional approach directly, so we here adopt standard compactness methods with suitable approximation procedures.