Convergence in LpL^p for Feynman path integrals

We consider a class of Schrodinger equations with time-dependent smooth magnetic and electric potentials having a growth at infinity at most linear and quadratic, respectively. We study the convergence in $L^p$ with loss of derivatives, $1<p<\infty$, of the time slicing approximations of the corresponding Feynman path integral. The results are completely sharp and hold for long time, where no smoothing effect is available. The techniques are based on the decomposition and reconstruction of functions and operators with respect to certain wave packets in phase space.Comment: 24 pages, 1 figure; in this version, some typos were corrected and some arguments a little bit cleane

Pseudodifferential operators on LpL^p, Wiener amalgam and modulation spaces

We give a complete characterization of the continuity of pseudodifferential operators with symbols in modulation spaces $M^{p,q}$, acting on a given Lebesgue space $L^r$. Namely, we find the full range of triples $(p,q,r)$, for which such a boundedness occurs. More generally, we completely characterize the same problem for operators acting on Wiener amalgam space $W(L^r,L^s)$ and even on modulation spaces $M^{r,s}$. Finally the action of pseudodifferential operators with symbols in W(\Fur L^1,L^\infty) is also investigated.Comment: 27 page

Regularity and decay of solutions of nonlinear harmonic oscillators

We prove sharp analytic regularity and decay at infinity of solutions of variable coefficients nonlinear harmonic oscillators. Namely, we show holomorphic extension to a sector in the complex domain, with a corresponding Gaussian decay, according to the basic properties of the Hermite functions in R^d. Our results apply, in particular, to nonlinear eigenvalue problems for the harmonic oscillator associated to a real-analytic scattering, or asymptotically conic, metric in R^d, as well as to certain perturbations of the classical harmonic oscillator.Comment: 36 page

Sharpness of some properties of Wiener amalgam and modulation spaces

We prove sharp estimates for the dilation operator $f(x)\longmapsto f(\lambda x)$, when acting on Wiener amalgam spaces $W(L^p,L^q)$. Scaling arguments are also used to prove the sharpness of the known convolution and pointwise relations for modulation spaces $M^{p,q}$, as well as the optimality of an estimate for the Schr\"odinger propagator on modulation spaces.Comment: 12 page

Pointwise decay and smoothness for semilinear elliptic equations and travelling waves

We derive sharp decay estimates and prove holomorphic extensions for the solutions of a class of semilinear nonlocal elliptic equations with linear part given by a sum of Fourier multipliers with finitely smooth symbols at the origin. Applications concern the decay and smoothness of travelling waves for nonlinear evolution equations in fluid dynamics and plasma physics

Sharp decay estimates and smoothness for solutions to nonlocal semilinear equations

We consider semilinear equations of the form p(D)u=F(u), with a locally bounded nonlinearity F(u), and a linear part p(D) given by a Fourier multiplier. The multiplier p(\xi) is the sum of positively homogeneous terms, with at least one of them non smooth. This general class of equations includes most physical models for traveling waves in hydrodynamics, the Benjamin-Ono equation being a basic example. We prove sharp pointwise decay estimates for the solutions to such equations, depending on the degree of the non smooth terms in p(\xi). When the nonlinearity is smooth we prove similar estimates for the derivatives of the solution, as well holomorphic extension to a strip, for analytic nonlinearity

On the Schr\"odinger equation with potential in modulation spaces

This work deals with Schr\"odinger equations with quadratic and sub-quadratic Hamiltonians perturbed by a potential. In particular we shall focus on bounded, but not necessarily smooth perturbations. We shall give a representation of such evolution as the composition of a metaplectic operator and a pseudodifferential operator having symbol in certain classes of modulation spaces. About propagation of singularities, we use a new notion of wave front set, which allows the expression of optimal results of propagation in our context. To support this claim, many comparisons with the existing literature are performed in this work.Comment: 25 page