Regularity of the scattering matrix for nonlinear Helmholtz eigenfunctions

DOI10.4171/JST/460MaRDI QIDQ6062688zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 6 November 2023

Published in Journal of Spectral Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.12505

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic Sobolev spacesasymptotic expansionsincoming boundary datamodule regularitynonlinear eigenfunctionsnonlinear Helmholtz equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semilinear elliptic equations (35J61) Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

Abstract: We study the nonlinear Helmholtz equation $(Delta-lambd{a}^2)u=pm|u{|}^{p-1}u$ on $mathbb{R}^n$, $lambda>0$, $pinmathbbN$ odd, and more generally $(Delt{a}_g+V-lambd{a}^2)u=N[u]$, where $Delt{a}_g$ is the (positive) Laplace-Beltrami operator on an asymptotically Euclidean or conic manifold, $V$ is a short range potential, and $N[u]$ is a more general polynomial nonlinearity. Under the conditions $(p-1)(n-1)>4$ and $k>(n-1)/2$, for every $fin{H}^k(S_o^{n-1}mega)$ of sufficiently small norm, we show there is a nonlinear Helmholtz eigenfunction taking the form �egin{equation*} u(r, omega) = r^{-(n-1)/2} Big( e^{-ilambda r} f(omega) + e^{+ilambda r} b(omega) + O(r^{-epsilon}) Big), qquad ext{as } r o infty, end{equation*} for some $bin{H}^k(S_{o}meg{a}^{n-1})$ and $epsilon>0$. That is, the scattering matrix $fmapstob$ preserves Sobolev regularity, which is an improvement over the authors' previous work with Zhang, that proved a similar result with a loss of four derivatives.

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Summary: We study the nonlinear Helmholtz equation \((\Delta - \lambda^2)u = \pm |u|^{p-1}u\) on \(\mathbb{R}^n, \lambda >0, p \in \mathbb{N}\) odd, and more generally \((\Delta_g + V - \lambda^2)u = N[u]\), where \(\Delta_g\) is the (positive) Laplace-Beltrami operator on an asymptotically Euclidean or conic manifold, \(V\) is a short range potential, and \(N[u]\) is a more general polynomial nonlinearity. Under the conditions \((p-1)(n-1)/2 > 2\) and \(k > (n-1)/2\), for every \(f \in H^k (\mathbb{S}^{n-1}_{\omega})\) of sufficiently small norm, we show there is a nonlinear Helmholtz eigenfunction taking the form \[ u(r, \omega) = r^{-(n-1)/2} (e^{-i\lambda r} f(\omega) + e^{+i\lambda r} b(\omega) + O(r^{-\varepsilon})), \quad \text{as } r \to \infty, \] for some \(b \in H^k (\mathbb{S}_{\omega}^{n-1})\) and \(\varepsilon > 0\). That is, the nonlinear scattering matrix \(f \mapsto b\) preserves Sobolev regularity, which is an improvement over the authors' previous work with \textit{J. Zhang} [SIAM J. Math. Anal. 52, No. 6, 6180--6221 (2020; Zbl 1455.35163)], that proved a similar result with a loss of four derivatives.

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