Multiplicity of ground state solutions for discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equations with unbounded potentials

Abstract

The discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation is a nonlinear lattice system that appears in many areas of physics such as nonlinear optics, biomolecular chains and Bose-Einstein condensates. In this article, we consider a class of discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equations with unbounded potentials. We obtain some new sufficient conditions on the multiplicity results of ground state solutions for the equations by using the symmetric mountain pass lemma. Recent results in the literature are greatly improved.

Keywords

• Ground state solutions
• critical point theory
• discrete nonlinear Schrodinger equation