Let
$$
I(t)=\int_{\mathbb R^4}|x|^2|u(t,x)|^2\,dx.
$$
The first <virial identity>, obtained from the equation by integration by parts, is
$$
I'(t)=4\operatorname{Im}\int_{\mathbb R^4}\overline u\,x\mathbin{\cdot}\nabla u\,dx.
$$
Differentiating once more gives
$$
I''(t)=8\int|\nabla u|^2-4\int x\mathbin{\cdot}\nabla\phi\,|u|^2.
$$
Write $\phi=W*|u|^2$, where $W(x)=-1/(C_4|x|^2)$ is homogeneous of degree $-2$. Symmetrizing the double integral and applying Euler's identity $z\cdot\nabla W(z)=-2W(z)$ yields
$$
\int x\mathbin{\cdot}\nabla\phi(x)|u(x)|^2\,dx
=-\int\phi|u|^2
=\int|\nabla\phi|^2.
$$
Therefore
$$
\boxed{I''(t)
=8\int|\nabla u|^2-4\int|\nabla\phi|^2
=16E(u)}.
$$

Not all solutions are global. Choose smooth finite-variance data of negative energy, which is possible by multiplying any nonzero test function by a sufficiently large constant: the kinetic term is quadratic in the amplitude and the attractive potential term is quartic. If such a solution were global, the <Virial identity for the four-dimensional gravitational Hartree equation> would make the nonnegative function $I(t)$ strictly concave with constant negative second derivative, forcing it below zero in finite time. The solution must therefore blow up in finite time.

Solution

Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / iii / Paper 154 / 2 / 4 / Solution

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For a finite-variance solution in four dimensions,
$$
I(t)=\int|x|^2|u(t,x)|^2\,dx
$$
satisfies $I''(t)=16E(u)$. The identity uses the degree $-2$ homogeneity of the Newtonian kernel. Negative-energy finite-variance data consequently blow up in finite time by the convexity argument.


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