Uniqueness of standing-waves for a non-linear Schrödinger equation with three pure-power combinations in dimension one

Abstract

We show that symmetric and positive profiles of ground-state standing-wave of the non-linear Schrödinger equation are non-degenerate and unique up to a translation of the argument and multiplication by complex numbers in the unit sphere. The non-linear term is a combination of two or three pure-powers. The class of non-linearities satisfying the mentioned properties can be extended beyond two or three power combinations. Specifically, it is sufficient that an Euler differential inequality is satisfied and that a certain auxiliary function is such that the first local maximum is also an absolute maximum.

12 pages, 4 figures, AMS Special Session on "Spectral Calculus and Quasilinear Partial Differential Equations" at the Joint Mathematics Meeting