On the uniqueness of ground states of non-local equations
Frank, Rupert L.
Journées équations aux dérivées partielles, (2011), p. 1-10 / Harvested from Numdam

We review our joint result with E. Lenzmann about the uniqueness of ground state solutions of non-linear equations involving the fractional Laplacian and provide an alternate uniqueness proof for an equation related to the intermediate long-wave equation.

Publié le : 2011-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5802/jedp.77
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Frank, Rupert L. On the uniqueness of ground states of non-local equations. Journées équations aux dérivées partielles,  (2011), pp. 1-10. doi : 10.5802/jedp.77. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/JEDP_2011____A5_0/

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