A variational approach to resonance for asymmetric oscillators (Q2469400)

The authors prove an interesting result concerning the existence of periodic solutions for an asymmetric oscillator at resonance. They use a variational method to deal with a resonance situation at the first Dancer-Fučik curve, assuming an Ahmad-Lazer-Paul-type condition in order to have the required saddle-point geometry. They can also deal with resonance with other curves in the Dancer-Fučik spectrum, but they need an extra assumption in this case. Unfortunately, as also mentioned by the authors in a ``Note added in the revised version'', meanwhile M. Y. Jiang proved a more general result, using a different approach, in the paper \textit{M. Y. Jiang}, Acta Math. Sin., Engl. Ser. 21, No. 5, 1219--1228 (2005; Zbl 1092.34022)].