Global theory for NLS in the weighted spaces II: final data problem

Abstract

In this paper, we study the final data problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) $$i{\partial }_{t}u+\frac{1}{2}\Delta u=|u{|}^{p}u$$ in weighted spaces ${\dot{\Sigma }}^s({\mathbb{R}}^d):=L_x^2({\mathbb{R}}^d;|x{|}^{2s}\mathrm{d}x)$. Let $s_c=\frac{d}{2}-\frac{2}{p}$. Under the scaling of the NLS, ${\dot{\Sigma }}^{-s_c}({\mathbb{R}}^d)$ is the scaling-critical weighted space. In three dimensions, within the range of exponents considered in this paper, we show that the final data problem is locally well-posed for $s\ge -s_c$ and ill-posed for $s<-s_c$. This is opposite to the corresponding initial data problem, which is locally well-posed for $s\le -s_c$ and ill-posed for $s>-s_c$. For the three-dimensional quadratic equation, we further obtain a unique global solution for every radial final datum in the critical space ${\dot{\Sigma }}^{\frac{1}{2}}({\mathbb{R}}^3)$.

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