Persistent homoclinic orbits for a perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Y. Li, David W. McLaughlin, Jalal Shatah, S. Wiggins

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Abstract

The persistence of homoclinic orbits for certain perturbations of the integrable nonlinear Schrödinger equation under even periodic boundary conditions is established. More specifically, the existence of a symmetric pair of homoclinic orbits is established for the perturbed NLS equation through an argument that combines Melnikov analysis with a geometric singular perturbation theory for the PDE.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1175-1255
Number of pages81
JournalCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume49
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1996
Externally publishedYes

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