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On Sirakov's equal-frequency uniqueness conjecture

Analysis of PDEs 2026-07-30 v1 Mathematical Physics

Abstract

Let N{2,3}N\in\{2,3\}, 0<μ1μ20<\mu _1\leq\mu _2, and 0<β<μ10<\beta<\mu _1. We prove that the equal-frequency two-component cubic Schr\"odinger system Δu+u=μ1u3+βuv2,Δv+v=μ2v3+βu2vin RN -\Delta u+u=\mu _1u^3+\beta uv^2, \qquad -\Delta v+v=\mu _2v^3+\beta u^2v \quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^N has exactly one positive solution in H1(RN)×H1(RN)H^1(\mathbb{R}^N)\times H^1(\mathbb{R}^N) modulo simultaneous translations. More precisely, every positive solution is a simultaneous translate of the synchronized state constructed from the unique positive radial solution of Δw+w=w3-\Delta w+w=w^3 in RN\mathbb{R}^N. This settles Sirakov's equal-frequency uniqueness conjecture throughout the weak-coupling range. The main difficulty in the proof is to exclude radial solutions for which the ratio of the normalized components is nonconstant. After normalization, the two components satisfy scalar equations with a common potential. We construct a weighted Pohozaev functional for the system together with a correction term and prove that both the corrected functional and the associated weighted functional are strictly positive. Combining these sign properties with a radial flux identity and an auxiliary quotient associated with the component ratio forces synchronization.

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@article{arxiv.2607.28279,
  title  = {On Sirakov's equal-frequency uniqueness conjecture},
  author = {Hong-Ge Chen and Yong Liu and Juncheng Wei and Wen Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.28279},
  year   = {2026}
}

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