On the continuum limit for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a large finite cubic lattice

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Abstract: In this study, we consider the nonlinear Sch"odinger equation (NLS) with the zero-boundary condition on a two- or three-dimensional large finite cubic lattice. We prove that its solution converges to that of the NLS on the entire Euclidean space with simultaneous reduction in the lattice distance and expansion of the domain. Moreover, we obtain a precise global-in-time bound for the rate of convergence. Our proof heavily relies on Strichartz estimates on a finite lattice. A key observation is that, compared to the case of a lattice with a fixed size [Y. Hong, C. Kwak, S. Nakamura, and C. Yang, emph{Finite difference scheme for two-dimensional periodic nonlinear {S}chr"{o}dinger equations}, Journal of Evolution Equations extbf{21} (2021), no.~1, 391--418.], the loss of regularity in Strichartz estimates can be reduced as the domain expands, depending on the speed of expansion. This allows us to address the physically important three-dimensional case.


In this work, the authors investigate the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a finite lattice \(\Omega:=\Omega_{h, R} = \{x \in h\mathbb{Z}^d: -\pi R \leq x_j \leq \pi R \}\), as \(h\) tends to \(0\), assuming that \(R=h^{- \alpha}\) for some positive \( \alpha\). More precisely, for \(d=2, 3\) they show that (the linear interpolation of the extension) of the solutions of the Cauchy problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{rcl} i\partial_t w - \Delta_\Omega w+ |w|^ {2} w& = &0\\ { w}{}_{|t=0} &= & w_0, \end{array} \right. \] converge in \(L^2(\mathbb R^d)\), on any finite time interval with a precise rate of convergence, to the solutions of the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the entire Euclidean space \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{rcl} i\partial_t u - \Delta u + |u|^ {2} u& = &0\\ { u}{}_{|t=0} &= & u_0 \in H^{1, 1}(\mathbb R^d), \end{array} \right. \] where \(\Delta_\Omega\) is the discrete Laplacian acting on functions with zero boundary values and where the data \(w_0\) is a truncation of the discretization of \(u_0\). Their proof uses adapted Strichartz estimates on finite lattices.



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