Nonlinear sturm oscillation: From the interval to a star

Ram Band, August J. Krueger

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Abstract

The Sturm oscillation property, i.e. that the n-th eigenfunction of a Sturm-Liouville operator on an interval has n − 1 zeros (nodes), has been well studied. This result is known to hold when the interval is replaced by a metric (quantum) tree graph. We prove that the solutions of the real stationary nonlinear Schrödinger equation on an interval satisfy a nonlinear version of the Sturm oscillation property. However, we show that unlike for the linear theory, the nonlinear version of Sturm oscillation breaks down already for a star graph. We point out conditions under which this violation can be assured.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary Mathematics
Pages129-154
Number of pages26
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameContemporary Mathematics
Volume717
ISSN (Print)0271-4132
ISSN (Electronic)1098-3627

Keywords

  • Nonlinear schrödinger equation
  • Quantum graph
  • Spectral curve
  • Sturm oscillation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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