The Cauchy problem for the fourth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation related to the vortex filament

The Cauchy problem of one-dimensional fourth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation related to the vortex filament is studied. Local well-posedness for initial data in is obtained by the Fourier restriction norm method under certain coefficient condition.     

On the Cauchy problem for a coupled system of third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We investigate some well-posedness issues for the initial value problem (IVP) associated with the system

     

Soliton solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations with critical growth

In this paper we establish the existence of standing wave solutions for quasilinear Schrödinger equations involving critical growth. By using a change of variables, the quasilinear equations are reduced to semilinear one, whose associated functionals are well defined in the usual Sobolev space and satisfy the geometric conditions of the mountain pass theorem. Using this fact, we obtain a Cerami sequence converging weakly to a solution v. In the proof that v is nontrivial, the main tool is the concentration-compactness principle due to P.L. Lions together with some classical arguments used by H. Brezis and L. Nirenberg (1983) in [9].     

Global existence and compact attractors for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of discrete nonlinear Schrödinger-type (DNLS) equations. For a conservative system, we consider the global in time solvability and the question of existence of standing wave solutions. Similarities and differences with the continuous counterpart (NLS-partial differential equation) are pointed out. For a dissipative system we prove existence of a global attractor and its stability under finite-dimensional approximations. Similar questions are treated in a weighted phase space. Finally, we propose possible extensions for various types of DNLS equations.     

A splitting method for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We introduce a splitting method for the semilinear Schrödinger equation and prove its convergence for those nonlinearities which can be handled by the classical well-posedness L²(Rd)-theory. More precisely, we prove that the scheme is of first order in the L²(Rd)-norm for H²(Rd)-initial data.     

Positive solutions for a weakly coupled nonlinear Schrödinger system

Existence of a nontrivial solution is established, via variational methods, for a system of weakly coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. The main goal is to obtain a positive solution, of minimal action if possible, with all vector components not identically zero. Generalizations for nonautonomous systems are considered.     

Gain of analyticity for semilinear Schrödinger equations

We discuss gain of analyticity phenomenon of solutions to the initial value problem for semilinear Schrödinger equations with gauge invariant nonlinearity. We prove that if the initial data decays exponentially, then the solution becomes real-analytic in the space variable and a Gevrey function of order 2 in the time variable except in the initial plane. Our proof is based on the energy estimates developed in our previous work and on fine summation formulae concerned with a matrix norm.     

Two-grid discretization schemes for nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We study efficient two-grid discretization schemes with two-loop continuation algorithms for computing wave functions of two-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations defined on the unit square and the unit disk. Both linear and quadratic approximations of the operator equations are exploited to derive the schemes. The centered difference approximations, the six-node triangular elements and the Adini elements are used to discretize the PDEs defined on the unit square. The proposed schemes also can compute stationary solutions of parameter-dependent reaction–diffusion systems. Our numerical results show that it is unnecessary to perform quadratic approximations.     

On the well-posedness of the Schrödinger-Korteweg-de Vries system

We prove that the Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger-Korteweg-de Vries system is locally well-posed for the initial data belonging to the Sobolev spaces L²(R)×H−3/4(R), and Hs(R)×H−3/4(R) (s>−1/16) for the resonant case. The new ingredient is that we use the -type space, introduced by the first author in Guo (2009) [10], to deal with the KdV part of the system and the coupling terms. In order to overcome the difficulty caused by the lack of scaling invariance, we prove uniform estimates for the multiplier. This result improves the previous one by Corcho and Linares (2007) [6].     

Bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with potentials tending to zero at infinity

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of solutions to the N-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation −ε²Δu+V(x)u=K(x)up with u(x)>0, u∈H¹(RN), N?3 and . When the potential V(x) decays at infinity faster than ⁻²(1+|x|) and K(x)?0 is permitted to be unbounded, we will show that the positive H¹(RN)-solutions exist if it is assumed that G(x) has local minimum points for small ε>0, here with denotes the ground energy function which is introduced in [X. Wang, B. Zeng, On concentration of positive bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with competing potential functions, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 28 (1997) 633-655]. In addition, when the potential V(x) decays to zero at most like (1+|x|)^−α with 0<α?2, we also discuss the existence of positive H¹(RN)-solutions for unbounded K(x). Compared with some previous papers [A. Ambrosetti, A. Malchiodi, D. Ruiz, Bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with potentials vanishing at infinity, J. Anal. Math. 98 (2006) 317-348; A. Ambrosetti, D. Ruiz, Radial solutions concentrating on spheres of NLS with vanishing potentials, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A 136 (2006) 889-907; A. Ambrosetti, Z.Q. Wang, Nonlinear Schrödinger equations with vanishing and decaying potentials, Differential Integral Equations 18 (2005) 1321-1332] and so on, we remove the restrictions on the potential function V(x) which decays at infinity like (1+|x|)^−α with 0<α?2 as well as the restrictions on the boundedness of K(x)>0. Therefore, we partly answer a question posed in the reference [A. Ambrosetti, A. Malchiodi, Concentration phenomena for NLS: Recent results and new perspectives, preprint, 2006].     

Numerical solution of a Cauchy problem for nonlinear reaction diffusion processes

In this paper, the authors propose a numerical method to compute the solution of the Cauchy problem: _wt-(w^m_wx)x=w^p$w_t-(w^m{w}_x{)}_x=w^p$, the initial condition is a nonnegative function with compact support, m>0$m>0$, p?m+1$p?m+1$. The problem is split into two parts: a hyperbolic term solved by using the Hopf and Lax formula and a parabolic term solved by a backward linearized Euler method in time and a finite element method in space. The convergence of the scheme is obtained. Further, it is proved that if m+1?p<m+3$m+1?p<m+3$, any numerical solution blows up in a finite time as the exact solution, while for p>m+3$p>m+3$, if the initial condition is sufficiently small, a global numerical solution exists, and if p?m+3$p?m+3$, for large initial condition, the solution is unbounded.     

The linear profile decomposition for the fourth order Schrödinger equation

In this paper, we establish the linear profile decomposition for the one-dimensional fourth order Schrödinger equation

     

Dispersive blow-up for nonlinear Schrödinger equations revisited

The possibility of finite-time, dispersive blow-up for nonlinear equations of Schrödinger type is revisited. This mathematical phenomena is one of the conceivable explanations for oceanic and optical rogue waves. In dimension one, the fact that dispersive blow up does occur for nonlinear Schrödinger equations already appears in [9]. In the present work, the existing results are extended in several ways. In one direction, the theory is broadened to include the Davey–Stewartson and Gross–Pitaevskii equations. In another, dispersive blow up is shown to obtain for nonlinear Schrödinger equations in spatial dimensions larger than one and for more general power-law nonlinearities. As a by-product of our analysis, a sharp global smoothing estimate for the integral term appearing in Duhamel's formula is obtained.     

Stability of solitary waves for a system of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with three wave interaction

In this paper we consider a three components system of nonlinear Schrödinger equations related to the Raman amplification in a plasma. We study the orbital stability of scalar solutions of the form (e2iωtφ,0,0)$(e^{2i\omega t}\phi ,0,0)$, (0,e2iωtφ,0)$(0,e^{2i\omega t}\phi ,0)$, (0,0,e2iωtφ)$(0,0,e^{2i\omega t}\phi )$, where φ is a ground state of the scalar nonlinear Schrödinger equation.