Positive solutions for nonlinear Schrödinger equations with deepening potential well

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 545-573

  Wang, Zhengping ^a   Zhou, Huan Song ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptotically linear; Mountain pass theorem; Nonlinear Sch dinger equations; Potential well

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249120149     PISSN: 14359855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4171/JEMS/160     Document Type: Article

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