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We start a study of various nonlinear PDEs under the effect of a modulation in time of the dispersive term. In particular in this paper we consider the modulated non-linear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) in dimension 1 and 2 and the…
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,…
We study the stability properties of periodic solutions to the Nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation with a periodic potential. We exploit the symmetries of the problem, in particular the Hamiltonian structure and the $\U(1)$ symmetry. We…
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The modulational stability of the nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (NLS) equation is examined in the cases with linear and quadratic external potential. This study is motivated by recent experimental studies in the context of matter waves in…
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