Upper bound for the ratios of eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators with nonnegative single‐barrier potentials

In this paper we prove the optimal upper bound for one‐dimensional Schrödinger operators with a nonnegative differentiable and single‐barrier potential , such that , where . In particular, if satisfies the additional condition , then for . For this result, we develop a new approach to study the monotonicity of the modified Prüfer angle function.     

Ground states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with potentials

In this paper we study the nonlinear Schrödinger equation:

We give general conditions which assure the existence of ground state solutions. Under a Nehari type condition, we show that the standard Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz super-linear condition can be replaced by a more natural super-quadratic condition.     

On Schrödinger operators with multipolar inverse-square potentials

Positivity, essential self-adjointness, and spectral properties of a class of Schrödinger operators with multipolar inverse-square potentials are discussed. In particular a necessary and sufficient condition on the masses of singularities for the existence of at least a configuration of poles ensuring the positivity of the associated quadratic form is established.     

On the Dirac delta as initial condition for nonlinear Schrödinger equations

In this article we will study the initial value problem for some Schrödinger equations with Dirac-like initial data and therefore with infinite L² mass, obtaining positive results for subcritical nonlinearities. In the critical case and in one dimension we prove that after some renormalization the corresponding solution has finite energy. This allows us to conclude a stability result in the defocusing setting. These problems are related to the existence of a singular dynamics for Schrödinger maps through the so-called Hasimoto transformation.     

Optimal error estimate of a conformal Fourier pseudo‐spectral method for the damped nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this article, a Fourier pseudospectral method, which preserves the conforal conservation la, is proposed for solving the damped nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Based on the energy method and the semi‐norm equivalence between the Fourier pseudospectral method and the finite difference method, a priori estimate for the new method is established, which shows that the proposed method is unconditionally convergent with order of in the discrete ‐norm, where is the time step and is the number of collocation points used in the spectral method. Some numerical results are addressed to confirm our theoretical analysis.     

Local well‐posedness for a system of quadratic nonlinear Schrödinger equations in one or two dimensions

In this article, the local well‐posedness of Cauchy's problem is explored for a system of quadratic nonlinear Schrödinger equations in the space L^p( R ⁿ). In a special case of mass resonant 2 × 2 system, it is well known that this problem is well posed in H^s(s≥0) and ill posed in H^s(s < 0) in two‐space dimensions. By translation on a linear semigroup, we show that the general system becomes locally well posed in L^p( R ²) for 1 < p < 2, for which p can arbitrarily be close to the scaling limit p_c=1. In one‐dimensional case, we show that the problem is locally well posed in L¹( R ); moreover, it has a measure valued solution if the initial data are a Dirac function. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multiple solutions for generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations

In this paper, we study the following generalized quasilinear Schrödinger equations: where N≥3, is a C¹ even function, g(0) = 1, and g′(s)≥0 for all s≥0. Under some suitable conditions, we prove that the equation has a positive solution, a negative solution, and a sequence of high‐energy solutions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multi solitary waves for nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We consider the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in for any d1, with a nonlinearity such that solitary waves exist and are stable. Let R_k(t,x) be K arbitrarily given solitary waves of the equation with different speeds v₁,v₂,…,v_K. In this paper, we prove that there exists a solution u(t) of the equation such that

     

Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems of Schrödinger Type Admitting Eigenfunctions with Given Spectral Characteristics

The following work is an extension of our recent paper [10]. We still deal with nonlinear eigenvalue problems of the form in a real Hilbert space ℋ︁ with a semi‐bounded self‐adjoint operator A₀, while for every y from a dense subspace X of ℋ︁, B(y ) is a symmetric operator. The left‐hand side is assumed to be related to a certain auxiliary functional ψ, and the associated linear problems are supposed to have non‐empty discrete spectrum (y ∈ X). We reformulate and generalize the topological method presented by the authors in [10] to construct solutions of (∗︁) on a sphere S_R ≔ {y ∈ X | ∥y∥_ℋ︁ = R} whose ψ‐value is the n‐th Ljusternik‐Schnirelman level of ψ| and whose corresponding eigenvalue is the n‐th eigenvalue of the associated linear problem (∗︁∗︁), where R > 0 and n ∈ ℕ are given. In applications, the eigenfunctions thus found share any geometric property enjoyed by an n‐th eigenfunction of a linear problem of the form (∗︁∗︁). We discuss applications to elliptic partial differential equations with radial symmetry.     

An application of exp‐function method to approximate general and explicit solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations

In this work, we implement a relatively new analytical technique, the exp‐function method, for solving nonlinear equations and absolutely a special form of generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equations, which may contain high‐nonlinear terms. This method can be used as an alternative to obtain analytical and approximate solutions of different types of fractional differential equations, which is applied in engineering mathematics. Some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the efficiency and the reliability of exp‐function method. It is predicted that exp‐function method can be found widely applicable in engineering. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 27: 1016–1025, 2011     

Two‐grid mixed finite‐element methods for nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Two‐grid mixed finite element schemes are developed for solving both steady state and unsteady state nonlinear Schrödinger equations. The schemes use discretizations based on a mixed finite‐element method. The two‐grid approach yields iterative procedures for solving the nonlinear discrete equations. The idea is to relegate all of the Newton‐like iterations to grids much coarser than the final one, with no loss in order of accuracy. Numerical tests are performed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 28: 63‐73, 2012     

Extended Lagrangian approach for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We study the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation written in hydrodynamic form through the Madelung transform. From the mathematical point of view, the hydrodynamic form can be seen as the Euler–Lagrange equations for a Lagrangian submitted to a differential constraint corresponding to the mass conservation law. The dispersive nature of the NLS equation poses some major numerical challenges. The idea is to introduce a two‐parameter family of extended Lagrangians, depending on a greater number of variables, whose Euler–Lagrange equations are hyperbolic and accurately approximate NLS equation in a certain limit. The corresponding hyperbolic equations are studied and solved numerically using Godunov‐type methods. Comparison of exact and asymptotic solutions to the one‐dimensional cubic NLS equation (“gray” solitons and dispersive shocks) and the corresponding numerical solutions to the extended system was performed. A very good accuracy of such a hyperbolic approximation was observed.     

On the fractional Schrödinger problem with non‐symmetric potential

We study the semilinear equation where 0 < s < 1, , V(x) is a sufficiently smooth non‐symmetric potential with , and ? > 0 is a small number. Letting U be the radial ground state of (?Δ)^sU + U ? U^p=0 in , we build solutions of the form for points ?_j,j = 1,?,m, using a Lyapunov–Schmidt variational reduction. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quasilinear Schrödinger equations with unbounded or decaying potentials

We study the existence of nonnegative and nonzero solutions for the following class of quasilinear Schrödinger equations: where V and Q are potentials that can be singular at the origin, unbounded or vanishing at infinity. In order to prove our existence result we used minimax techniques in a suitable weighted Orlicz space together with regularity arguments and we need to obtain a symmetric criticality type result.     

Quantitative uniqueness for Schrödinger operator with regular potentials

We give a sharp upper bound on the vanishing order of solutions to the Schrödinger equation with electric and magnetic potentials on a compact smooth manifold. Our main result is that the vanishing order of nontrivial solutions to Δu + V · ? u + Wu = 0 is everywhere less than . Our method is based on quantitative Carleman type inequalities, and it allows us to show the following uniform doubling inequality which implies the desired result. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Scattering for Schrödinger Operators with Magnetic Fields

We study the existence and completeness of the wave operators W_ω(A(b),-Δ) for general Schrodinger operators of the form is a magnetic potential.