On a semilinear variational problem

Bernd Schmidt

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2011)

  • Volume: 17, Issue: 1, page 86-101
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

Abstract

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We provide a detailed analysis of the minimizers of the functional u ↦ ∫ ℝ n | ∇ u | 2 + D ∫ ℝ n | u | γ , γ ∈ ( 0 , 2 ) , subject to the constraint ∥ u ∥ L 2 = 1 . This problem, e.g., describes the long-time behavior of the parabolic Anderson in probability theory or ground state solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation. While existence can be proved with standard methods, we show that the usual uniqueness results obtained with PDE-methods can be considerably simplified by additional variational arguments. In addition, we investigate qualitative properties of the minimizers and also study their behavior near the critical exponent 2.

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Schmidt, Bernd. "On a semilinear variational problem." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 17.1 (2011): 86-101. <http://eudml.org/doc/197287>.

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author = {Schmidt, Bernd},
journal = {ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations},
keywords = {Nonlinear minimum problem; parabolic Anderson model; variational methods; Gamma-convergence; ground state solutions; Parabolic Anderson model; Variational methods; Ground state solutions},
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month = {2},
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