Existence of multiple periodic solutions for a natural Hamiltonian system in a potential well (Q2378621)

The main result of this paper is that, under a pinching hypothesis, a theorem of existence of at least \(n\) periodic orbits for a closed regular energy hyersurface \(\sum\) in \(\mathbb{R}^{2n}\) which is the level set of a natural (i.e. of the type ``potential + kinetic energy'') Hamiltonian function and projects onto a potential well in the configuration space. This theorem is proved in the third section: the proof is divided in several parts, indexed as subsections, and it is based on equivalent Lusternik-Schnirelmann theory, a comparison argument between the original problem and the systems of \(n\) linear oscillators having \(n\) distinct frequencies, and an approximation procedure reducing the variational problem to a finite-dimensional one.