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By using the least action principle and minimax methods in critical point theory, some existence theorems for periodic solutions of second order Hamiltonian systems are obtained.

In this paper, we deal with the existence of periodic solutions of the $p\left(t\right)$-Laplacian Hamiltonian system $$\left\{\begin{array}{c}{\displaystyle \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t}}\left(\right|\dot{u}\left(t\right){|}^{p\left(t\right)-2}\dot{u}\left(t\right))=\nabla F(t,u\left(t\right))\text{a.e.}t\in [0,T],\hfill \\ u\left(0\right)-u\left(T\right)=\dot{u}\left(0\right)-\dot{u}\left(T\right)=0.\hfill \end{array}\right.$$ Some new existence theorems are obtained by using the least action principle and minimax methods in critical point theory, and our results generalize and improve some existence theorems.