Nodal type bound states of Schrödinger equations via invariant set and minimax methods

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 358-390

  Liu, Zhaoli ^a   van Heerden, Francois A ^b,c   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^b  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bound state nodal solutions; Invariant sets; Minimax method; Nonlinear Schr dinger equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144416971     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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