The nonlinear Schrödinger equation with combined power-type nonlinearities

Abstract

We undertake a comprehensive study of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation $$ i u_t +Δu = λ_1|u|^{p_1} u+ λ_2 |u|^{p_2} u, $$ where $u(t,x)$ is a complex-valued function in spacetime $\R_t\times\R^n_x$, $λ_1$ and $λ_2$ are nonzero real constants, and $0 0$ and $p_1=\frac{4}{n}$, $p_2=\frac{4}{n-2}$. The results at the endpoint $p_1 = \frac{4}{n}$ are conditional on a conjectured global existence and spacetime estimate for the $L^2_x$-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation. As an off-shoot of our analysis, we also obtain a new, simpler proof of scattering in $H^1_x$ for solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation $$ i u_t +Δu = |u|^{p} u, $$ with $\frac{4}{n}<p<\frac{4}{n-2}$, which was first obtained by J. Ginibre and G. Velo, \cite{gv:scatter}.