We deal with the problem of existence of periodic solutions for the scalar differential equation x′′+f(t,x)=0 when the asymmetric nonlinearity satisfies a one-sided superlinear growth at infinity. The nonlinearity is asked to be next to resonance, and a Landesman–Lazer type of condition will be introduced in order to obtain a positive answer. Moreover we provide also the corresponding result for equations with a singularity and asymptotically linear growth at infinity, showing a further application to radially symmetric systems.
