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Recently, Galley [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 110}, 174301 (2013)] proposed an initial value problem formulation of Hamilton's principle applied to non-conservative systems. Here, we explore this formulation for complex partial differential…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-08-31 J. Rossi , R. Carretero-Gonzalez , P. G. Kevrekidis

Existence of finite-time blow ups in the classical one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) (1) i \partial_t u + u_{x x} + |u|^{2r} u = 0, u(x,0) = u_0(x) has been one of the central problems in the studies of the singularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-11 Denis Gaidashev

Consider the focussing cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in $R^3$: $$ i\psi_t+\Delta\psi = -|\psi|^2 \psi. $$ It admits special solutions of the form $e^{it\alpha}\phi$, where $\phi$ is a Schwartz function and a positive ($\phi>0$)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Marius Beceanu

We investigate normalized solutions for doubly nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations on the real line with a defocusing standard nonlinearity and a focusing nonlinear point interaction of $\delta$-type at the origin. We provide a complete…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Daniele Barbera , Filippo Boni , Simone Dovetta , Lorenzo Tentarelli

We numerically investigate the existence and stability dynamics of self-steepening optical solitons in a periodic PT-symmetric potential. We show that self-steepening solitons of the modified nonlinear Schr\"odinger (MNLS) equation undergo…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-07-18 Eril Güray Çelik , Nalan Antar

We elaborate a fractional discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (FDNLS) equation based on an appropriately modified definition of the Riesz fractional derivative, which is characterized by its L\'{e}vy index (LI). This FDNLS equation…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-09-04 Ming Zhong , Boris A. Malomed , Zhenya Yan

In this work, we systematically generalize the Evans function methodology to address vector systems of discrete equations. We physically motivate and mathematically use as our case example a vector form of the discrete nonlinear Schrodinger…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 V. M. Rothos , P. G. Kevrekidis

Nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equations with focusing power nonlinearities have solitary wave solutions. The spectra of the linearized operators around these solitary waves are intimately connected to stability properties of the solitary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shu-Ming Chang , Stephen Gustafson , Kenji Nakanishi , Tai-Peng Tsai

Nonlinear losses accompanying Kerr self-focusing substantially impacts the dynamic balance of diffraction and nonlinearity, permitting the existence of localized and stationary solutions of the 2D+1 nonlinear Schrodinger equation which are…

The existence of solitary wave solutions of the one-dimensional version of the fractional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (fNLS) equation was analyzed by the authors in a previous work. In this paper, the asymptotic decay of the solitary waves is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Ángel Durán , Nuria Reguera

In this paper, we consider the well-posedness of the weakly damped stochastic nonlinear Schr\"odinger(NLS) equation driven by multiplicative noise. First, we show the global existence of the unique solution for the damped stochastic NLS…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-01-18 Jianbo Cui , Jialin Hong , Liying Sun

From among the waves whose dynamics are governed by the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation, we find a robust, spatiotemporally disordered family, in which waves initialized with increasing amplitudes, on average, over long time scales,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-07-05 Katelyn Plaisier Leisman , Douglas Zhou , J. W. Banks , Gregor Kovačič , David Cai

We examine conditions for finite-time collapse of the solutions of the higher-order nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation incorporating third-order dispersion, self-steepening, linear and nonlinear gain and loss, and Raman scattering; this…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-11-11 V. Achilleos , S. Diamantidis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , T. P. Horikis , N. I. Karachalios , P. G. Kevrekidis

Supersonic flow of a superfluid past a slender impenetrable macroscopic obstacle is studied in the framework of the two-dimensional defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation. This problem is of fundamental importance as a dispersive…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-05-29 G. A. El , A. M. Kamchatnov , V. V. Khodorovskii , E. S. Annibale , A. Gammal

We report water wave experiments performed in a long tank where we consider the evolution of nonlinear deep-water surface gravity waves with the envelope in the form of a large-scale rectangular barrier. Our experiments reveal that, for a…

We study the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation under the assumption that the solution vanishes as $x \to + \infty$ and approaches an oscillatory plane wave as $x \to -\infty$. We first develop an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-22 Samuel Fromm , Jonatan Lenells , Ronald Quirchmayr

We construct a new class of multi-solitary wave solutions for the mass critical two dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS). Given any integer K>1, there exists a global (for positive time) solution of (NLS) that decomposes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-04 Yvan Martel , Pierre Raphael

We address the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with intensity-dependent dispersion which was recently proposed in the context of nonlinear optical systems. Contrary to the previous findings, we prove that no solitary wave solutions exist if…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-03-23 R. M. Ross , P. G. Kevrekidis , D. E. Pelinovsky

In this paper, we investigate the damped stochastic nonlinear Schr\"odinger(NLS) equation with multiplicative noise and its splitting-based approximation. When the damped effect is large enough, we prove that the solutions of the damped…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Jianbo Cui , Jialin Hong

In this paper, we consider a general form of nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with time-dependent nonlinearity. Based on the linear eigenvalue problem, the complete integrability of such nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation is identified by…

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