Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 3 3 5 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
By the Blowup alternative for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, choose with , and setThe mass-critical scaling gives
The sequence is bounded and radial in , so part 4 yields, after extraction, weak and strong convergence to some . The energy identity gives . The Sharp Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality and weak lower semicontinuity force equality in every limiting norm inequality. Hence strongly in , and the variational characterization identifiesfor some ; radiality removes translations and the gradient normalization fixes the scale.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 3 3 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
If , the sharp variational estimate and the conservation laws giveThus the norm remains bounded on every finite time interval. The Blowup alternative for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation then prevents a finite endpoint of the maximal lifespan, so .