Bifurcation from Infinity of the Schrödinger Equation via Invariant Manifolds

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the bifurcation from infinity of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation $$-\Delta u+V(x)u=\lambda u+f(x,u),x\in {\mathbb{R}}^N.$$ We treat this problem in the framework of dynamical systems by considering the corresponding parabolic equation on unbounded domains. Firstly, we establish a global invariant manifold for the parabolic equation on ${\mathbb{R}}^N$. Then, we restrict the parabolic equation to this invariant manifold, which generates a system of finite dimension. Finally, we use the Conley index theory and the shape theory of attractors to establish some new results on bifurcations from infinity and multiplicity of solutions of the Schrödinger equation under an appropriate Landesman-Lazer type condition.