Existence of multiple periodic solutions for a semilinear wave equation in an $n$-dimensional ball

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of periodic solutions for a radially symmetric semilinear wave equation in an $n$-dimensional ball. By combining the variational methods and saddle point reduction technique, we prove there exist at least three periodic solutions for arbitrary space dimension $n$. The structure of the spectrum of the linearized problem plays an essential role in the proof, and the construction of a suitable working space is devised to overcome the restriction of space dimension.