We study the blow-up of solutions to the focusing Hartree equation $i{u}_t+\Delta u+{\left(\right|x|}^{-\gamma }*\left|u\right|²)u=0$. We use the strategy derived from the almost finite speed of propagation ideas devised by Bourgain (1999) and virial analysis to deduce that the solution with negative energy (E(u₀) < 0) blows up in either finite or infinite time. We also show a result similar to one of Holmer and Roudenko (2010) for the Schrödinger equations using techniques from scattering theory.

We study the spectral stability of solitary wave solutions to the nonlinear Dirac equation in one dimension. We focus on the Dirac equation with cubic nonlinearity, known as the Soler model in (1+1) dimensions and also as the massive Gross-Neveu model. Presented numerical computations of the spectrum of linearization at a solitary wave show that the solitary waves are spectrally stable. We corroborate our results by finding explicit expressions for...