The special features of the bifurcation problem for the wave equation in a narrow gap (Q1594473)

This paper concerns time-periodic solutions to the boundary value problem \[ u_{tt}-\varepsilon au_t+ u^2u_t+\varepsilon a^2\delta^2u= \varepsilon a^2u_{xx}+ u_{yy}\quad\text{in }\Omega, \] \[ u|_{\partial\Omega}= 0, \] where \(\Omega:= \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2: 0< x,y< 1\}\), and \(\delta> 0\) is a fixed constant. It is shown that for each \(n\in\mathbb{N}\) there exist sufficiently large constants \(a_1< a_2\) and a sufficiently small constant \(\varepsilon_0> 0\) such that, whenever \(a_1< a< a_2\) and \(0< \varepsilon<\varepsilon_0\), there exist \(2^{n^2-1}\) dichotomic cycles and tori in the phase space \(W^{2,2}(\Omega)\times W^{1,2}_0(\Omega)\).