A Liouville-type theorem for Schrödinger equations with nonnegative potential

Abstract

Let $u$ be a solution of $\Delta u=Vu$ on ${\mathbb{R}}^d$, where $V$ be continuous, nonnegative and bounded. We prove that the condition $${\int }_{r_j\le |x|\le r_j+1}|u(x){|}^{2}dx\to 0,$$ along any sequence $(r_j)$, $r_j\nearrow +\infty$, implies $u\equiv 0$ on ${\mathbb{R}}^d$. In particular, this implies the Landis conjecture for solutions satisfying a sufficiently fast algebraic decay. These results are generalized to exterior domains as well as for a class of nonlinear Schrödinger equations under suitable conditions on the zero set of the potential.

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