Orbital stability of standing wave solution for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation

Guo, Boling; Chen, Jianqing

doi:10.1090/S0033-569X-09-01147-5

Authors: Boling Guo and Jianqing Chen
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 67 (2009), 781-791
MSC (2000): Primary 35Q55, 35A15, 35B35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0033-569X-09-01147-5
Published electronically: May 27, 2009
MathSciNet review: 2588237
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Abstract: Via minimization arguments and the Concentration Compactness Principle, we prove the orbital stability of standing wave solutions for a class of quasilinear Schrödinger equation arising from physics.

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