Radially symmetric systems with a singularity and asymptotically linear growth (Q631721)

The paper deals with the radially symmetric system in \(\mathbb R^N\) \[ \ddot x= - h(t,|x|) {x \over |x|} \] with \(h:\mathbb R\times (0,+\infty)\) continuous, \(T\)-periodic in the first variable and which has a singularity of repulsive type at the origin with respect to its second variable. The nonlinearity is assumed to have a linear growth at infinity being controlled by two constants which have an interpretation in terms of the Dancer-Fučik spectrum. The existence of infinitely many periodic solutions is proved (with periods being a muptiple of \(T\)). This result generalizes an existence result of \textit{M. del Pino, R. Manásevich} and \textit{A. Montero} [Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Sect. A 120, No. 3--4, 231--243 (1992; Zbl 0761.34031)].