Multiple homoclinic solutions for a one-dimensional Schrödinger equation (Q317104)

This paper is dedicated to the study of the problem of existence of homoclinic solutions to a Schrödinger equation of the form \[ x''-V(t)x+x^3=0,\eqno{(1)} \] where \(V:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R\) is a \(L^1\)-function. The authors assume that there exist \(0<V_1<V_2\) and \(t_0<t_1<\dots<t_{2K}<t_{2K+1}\) such that \(V_1\leq V(t)\leq V_2\) for a.e. \(t\in\mathbb R\), \(V(t)=V_1\) for all \(t\in [t_{2j},t_{2j+1}]\), \(j=0,\dots,K,V(t)=V_2\) for all \(t\in[t_{2j+1},t_{2j+2}]\), \(j=0,\dots,K-1\). The authors establish the following (main) result: Theorem. There exists \(S^\ast>0\) and for any integer \(M\geq 1\), there exists \(T^\ast=T^\ast(M)>0\), such that if \[ \begin{aligned} & t_1- t_0\geq S^\ast,\\ & t_{j+1}-t_j\geq T^\ast,\quad j=1,\dots,2K-1,\\ & t_{2K+1}- t_{2K}\geq S^\ast, \end{aligned} \] then there exist \(M^{2K-1}\) geometrically distinct globally defined positive solutions \(u\) of (1) such that \[ \lim\limits_{t\to+\infty}(u(t),u'(t))=(0,0). \]