Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 2 2 6 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Suppose that . Since and ,The Radial Sobolev inequality and Mass conservation for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation giveBecause , Young inequality and a sufficiently large fixed absorb this term into the left side of the estimate from part 5. The annular term is at most . Using the uniform lower bound from part 2 and enlarging once more yields
Since , two integrations giveThe right-hand side is negative for large , contradicting . Hence the maximal forward lifespan is finite: .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 2 2 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Interpolate between and and then use the preceding Sobolev embedding theorem:Mass conservation for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation fixes , while Energy conservation for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and implySince , rearrangement givesuniformly on the maximal lifespan.