The Uniqueness of the Ground State and the Dynamics of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Inverse Square Potential

Abstract

Abstract. In this paper, we first provide an alternative proof of the uniqueness of the ground state solution for nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) with inverse square potential and power nonlinearity [Formula: see text] for all [Formula: see text] in dimensions [Formula: see text]. While the uniqueness result was previously obtained by Mukherjee–Nam–Nguyen using a functional analytic approach, our method successfully adapts the classical “shooting method” to the case with the singular potential, accompanied by a more detailed analysis on the ground state equation. Based upon this result and a comprehensive spectral analysis, we construct the stable/unstable manifolds of the ground state standing wave solutions and classify solutions on the mass-energy level surface of the ground state in dimensions [Formula: see text].