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A pseudoconformal compactification of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation and applications

Analysis of PDEs 2009-06-13 v4

Abstract

We interpret the lens transformation (a variant of the pseudoconformal transformation) as a pseudoconformal compactification of spacetime, which converts the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) without potential with a nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with attractive harmonic potential. We then discuss how several existing results about NLS can be placed in this compactified setting, thus offering a new perspective to view this theory.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606254,
  title  = {A pseudoconformal compactification of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation and applications},
  author = {Terence Tao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606254},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, no figures, to appear, New York J. Math. This is the final version

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