Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 2 2 4 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For a smooth radial function that decays at infinity,The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality therefore yields the Radial Sobolev inequalityup to the harmless common normalization of surface measure. Taking the supremum over gives the claimed estimate; density extends it from smooth radial functions to every .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 154 2 2 6 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
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 3 3 4 Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Let be bounded in . After passing to a subsequence it converges weakly in , while the Rellich-Kondrachov compactness theorem gives strong convergence on every bounded ball. The Radial Sobolev inequality gives uniformlyThe same estimate applies to the weak limit. Choosing large and then using local compactness proves strong convergence in . Henceis compact.