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The classical Schr\"odinger equation with a harmonic trap potential $V(x)=|x|^2$, describing the quantum harmonic oscillator, has been studied quite extensively in the last twenty years. Its ground states are bell-shaped and unique, among…

We show that whole-line Schr\"odinger operators with finitely many bound states have no embedded singular spectrum. In contradistinction, we show that embedded singular spectrum is possible even when the bound states approach the essential…

We consider Sch\"odinger operators on the half-line, both discrete and continuous, and show that the absence of bound states implies the absence of embedded singular spectrum. More precisely, in the discrete case we prove that if $\Delta +…

We prove necessary and sufficient conditions for lattice Schr\"{o}dinger operators to have a zero energy bound state in arbitrary dimension. The two criteria are sharp, complementary, and depend crucially on both the dimension and…

In this paper, we study the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation $ -\Delta u+V(x)u=f(x,u) $on the lattice graph $ \mathbb{Z}^{N}$. Using the Nehari method, we prove that when $f$ satisfies some growth conditions and the potential function $V$…

We study the following class of linearly coupled Schr\"{o}dinger elliptic systems $$\left\{ \begin{array}{lr} -\Delta u+V_{1}(x)u=\mu|u|^{p-2}u+\lambda(x)v, & \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^{N}, \\ -\Delta v+V_{2}(x)v=|v|^{q-2}v+\lambda(x)u, &…

Consider a regular $d$-dimensional metric tree $\Gamma$ with root $o$. Define the Schroedinger operator $-\Delta - V$, where $V$ is a non-negative, symmetric potential, on $\Gamma$, with Neumann boundary conditions at $o$. Provided that $V$…

In this paper, we study the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation $$ -\Delta u+(V(x)- \frac{\rho}{(|x|^2+1)})u=f(x,u) $$ on the lattice graph $\mathbb{Z}^N$ with $N\geq 3$, where $V$ is a bounded periodic potential and $0$ lies in a spectral…

This paper extends Remling's Theorem to vector-valued discrete Schrodinger operators, showing that the {\omega} limit points of the matrix potentials, under the shift map, are reflectionless on the absolutely continuous spectrum with full…

In this paper we study ground states of the following fractional Schr\"odinger equation (- \Delta)^{s} u + V(x) u = f(x, u) \, \mbox{ in } \, \R^{N}, u\in \H^{s}(\R^{N}) where $s\in (0,1)$, $N>2s$ and $f$ is a continuous function satisfying…

We consider the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta+V$ for negative potentials $V$, on open sets with positive first eigenvalue of the Dirichlet-Laplacian. We show that the spectrum of $-\Delta+V$ is positive, provided that $V$ is greater than…

We study the existence of solutions of the following nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \begin{equation*} -\Delta u + \Big(V(x)-\frac{\mu}{|x|^2}\Big) u = f(x,u) \hbox{ for } x\in\mathbb{R}^N\setminus\{0\}, \end{equation*} where…

We consider a system of nonlinear Schrodinger equations with three waves interaction studying the existence of ground state solutions. In particular, we find a vector ground state, namely a ground state with the three components all…

In this paper, we consider the Schr\"odinger type equation $-\Delta u+V(x)u=f(x,u)$ on the lattice graph $\mathbb{Z}^{N}$ with indefinite variational functional, where $-\Delta$ is the discrete Laplacian. Specifically, we assume that $V(x)$…

We study the infimum of the spectrum, or ground state energy (g.s.e.), of a discrete Schr\"odinger operator on $\theta\mathbb{Z}^d$ parameterized by a potential $V:\mathbb{R}^d\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}$ and a frequency parameter…

We prove three results giving sufficient and/or necessary conditions for discreteness of the spectrum of Schr\"odinger operators with non-negative matrix-valued potentials, i.e., operators acting on $\psi\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{C}^d)$…

We consider the difference $f(-\Delta +V)-f(-\Delta)$ of functions of Schr\"odinger operators in $L^2(\mathbb R^d)$ and provide conditions under which this difference is trace class. We are particularly interested in non-smooth functions…

We investigate the action ground states of the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with and without rotation. Our primary focus is on characterizing the relationship between the action ground states and the energy ground states.…

In this paper, we answer affirmatively the problem proposed by A. Selvitella in his paper "Nondegenracy of the ground state for quasilinear Schr\"odinger Equations" (see Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ., {\bf 53} (2015), pp 349-364): every…

We consider Schr\"odinger operators with potentials satisfying a generalized bounded variation condition at infinity and an $L^p$ decay condition. This class of potentials includes slowly decaying Wigner--von Neumann type potentials…