Periodic solutions of Euler-Lagrange equations with sublinear potentials in an Orlicz-Sobolev space setting

In this paper, we obtain existence results of periodic solutions of hamiltonian systems in the Orlicz-Sobolev space \(W^1L^\Phi([0,T])\). We employ the direct method of calculus of variations and we consider a potential function \(F\) satisfying the inequality \(|\nabla F(t,x)|\leq b_1(t) \Phi_0'(|x|)+b_2(t)\), with \(b_1, b_2\in L^1\) and certain \(N\)-functions \(\Phi_0\).