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Normalized solutions of quasilinear Schr\"odinger equations in the general $L^2$-supercritical case

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Pith's one-line read Ground state and infinitely many normalized solutions exist for quasilinear Schrödinger equations under general L²-supercritical conditions.

desk verdict Extends existence of normalized solutions to general L²-supercritical nonlinearities for quasilinear Schrödinger via Pohozaev manifold and perturbation, plus energy asymptotics. read the letter →

arxiv 2606.28806 v1 pith:VF2ULDKG submitted 2026-06-27 math.AP

Qiang Gao , Xiaoyan Zhang This is my paper
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keywords normalizedsolutionsquasilinearSchrödingerequationPohozaevmanifoldperturbationmethodL²-supercriticalnonlinearitygroundstateenergyasymptotics
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The paper examines normalized solutions to the quasilinear Schrödinger equation in three dimensions with a nonlinearity that is L²-supercritical yet Sobolev subcritical. Using the Pohozaev manifold together with a perturbation method on the fixed L²-norm constraint, the authors establish both a ground state solution and infinitely many solutions for every positive mass value a. The work also recovers earlier results as special cases and derives the limiting behavior of the associated energy when a tends to infinity or approaches zero from above.

What carries the argument

The Pohozaev manifold combined with a perturbation argument applied to the energy functional restricted to the L²-constraint manifold.

What would settle it

Construction of a nonlinearity h obeying the stated growth conditions for which the energy functional has no critical points on the Pohozaev manifold for some a greater than zero would disprove the existence result.

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Core claim

Taking into account the Pohozaev manifold and perturbation method, we obtain the existence of ground state normalized solutions and infinitely many normalized solutions. Moreover, our results cover several relevant existing results in [LZ2023]. And in the end, we get the asymptotic properties of energy as a tends to +∞ and a tends to 0⁺.

Load-bearing premise

The nonlinearity h must satisfy general L²-supercritical and Sobolev-subcritical growth conditions that allow the Pohozaev manifold to be well-defined and permit the perturbation argument to locate critical points on the constraint.

Editorial extensions

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  • A ground state normalized solution exists for every positive L²-mass a.
  • Infinitely many distinct normalized solutions exist for every positive L²-mass a.
  • The existence statements recover and extend several earlier results obtained for more restrictive nonlinearities.
  • The energy functional admits explicit asymptotic limits as a tends to infinity and as a tends to zero from above.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same manifold-plus-perturbation strategy may apply directly to quasilinear equations with different coefficients or in other space dimensions provided the manifold remains a valid constraint set.
  • The derived energy asymptotics could be used to study orbital stability of the obtained solutions under the associated time-dependent flow.
  • The technique supplies a template for treating other constrained variational problems whose nonlinearities lie outside the classical subcritical range.
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Summary. The manuscript proves existence of ground-state normalized solutions and infinitely many normalized solutions to the quasilinear Schrödinger equation −Δu − uΔ(u²) + λu = h(u) in ℝ³, subject to the L²-constraint ∫|u|² dx = a² > 0, where h is L²-supercritical and Sobolev-subcritical. The proofs rely on the Pohozaev manifold combined with a perturbation method; the results are stated to recover several cases from LZ2023, and the energy is shown to have specific asymptotic behavior as a → +∞ and as a → 0⁺.

Significance. If the arguments hold, the work supplies a unified existence theory for normalized solutions of this quasilinear problem in the general L²-supercritical regime, extending prior results via the Pohozaev-manifold-plus-perturbation framework and adding the asymptotic analysis of the energy. The coverage of LZ2023 and the limiting regimes constitute concrete added value for the field.

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  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the statement that the results 'cover several relevant existing results in LZ2023' should be made explicit by naming the recovered theorems or parameter ranges, so that the reduction is immediately verifiable.
  2. [Section 2 (or wherever the energy functional is introduced)] The functional is written as ½∫|∇u|² + ¼∫|∇(u²)|² − ∫H(u); confirm that the factor ¼ is consistent with the Pohozaev identity derived from the quasilinear term −uΔ(u²) throughout the manuscript.

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We thank the referee for the positive summary, significance assessment, and recommendation of minor revision. No major comments were raised in the report.

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The paper applies the standard Pohozaev manifold construction and perturbation method to the quasilinear Schrödinger functional on the L²-constraint for general L²-supercritical/Sobolev-subcritical h. These tools are invoked directly from the equation and the stated growth conditions on h; the Pohozaev identity follows from the given energy functional without reduction to fitted inputs. The citation to LZ2023 is external coverage of prior results and does not overlap with the present authors or serve as a load-bearing premise. No derivation step is shown to equal its input by construction.

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  • standard math Standard Sobolev embeddings and Pohozaev identity hold for the quasilinear functional under the stated growth conditions on h.
    Invoked implicitly when the authors apply the Pohozaev manifold to the constrained problem.

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abstract

This paper is devoted to studying the existence of normalized solutions for the following quasilinear Schr\"odinger equation \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} -\Delta u-u\Delta u^2 +\lambda u=h(u) \quad\mathrm{in}\ \mathbb{R}^{3}, \end{aligned} \end{equation*} where $\lambda$ appears as a Lagrange multiplier, $h$ is a $L^2$-supercritical and Sobolev subcritical nonlinearity. The solutions correspond to critical points of the energy functional subject to the $L^2$-norm constraint $\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}|u|^2dx=a^2>0$. Taking into account the Pohozaev manifold and perturbation method, we obtain the existence of ground state normalized solutions and infinitely many normalized solutions. Moreover, our results cover several relevant existing results in \cite{LZ2023}. And in the end, we get the asymptotic properties of energy as $a$ tends to $+\infty$ and $a$ tends to $0^+$.

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