Put and
Differentiate the scaling and quadratic phase. After multiplying the nonlinear Schrödinger equation by , the terms proportional to , , and vanish respectively when
The remaining expression is
which vanishes by part 4. Hence the Schrödinger expanding lens ansatz for the mass-critical equation solves the defocusing cubic equation.
Schrödinger expanding lens ansatz for the mass-critical equation Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-11-05
A concrete Schrödinger expanding lens ansatz for the mass-critical equation starts with a finite-energy solution of the trapped defocusing stationary equation
Set . Then
solves the Defocusing cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation in two dimensions. Direct substitution gives the scale/chirp conditions , , and phase rate . The displayed stationary equation supplies exactly the remaining spatial terms.[ref]
The harmonic-oscillator energy space assumption controls both the ordinary gradient and the quadratic-phase gradient. Moreover,
by the substitution and . This gives an explicit free solution to which scattering from a finite Strichartz norm applies.