Multiplicity results of periodic solutions for a class of second order delay differential systems (Q441181)

The authors investigate the existence of multiple periodic solutions to the following problem \[ \ddot{u}+\lambda u(t-\tau)=\nabla F(t,u(t-\tau)) \quad\text{a.e. } t\in [0,2\tau]; \] \[ u(0)-u(2\tau)=\dot{u}(0)-\dot{u}(2\tau)=0, \] where \(\tau>0\) is given and \(\lambda\) is a parameter. Assuming that \(\nabla F(t,u)\) is asymptotically linear for \(u\), the multiplicity results of periodic solutions are proved by a critical point theorem obtained by \textit{T. Bartsch} and \textit{Y. Ding} [Math. Nachr. 279, No. 12, 1267--1288 (2006; Zbl 1117.58007)].