One-dimensional versions of three-dimensional system: Ground states for the NLS on the spatial grid

Abstract

We investigate the existence of ground states for the focusing Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation on the infinite three-dimensional cubic grid. We extend the result found for the analogous two-dimensional grid by proving an appropriate Sobolev inequality giving rise to a family of critical Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities that hold for every nonlinearity power from $10/3$ and $6$, namely, from the $L^2$-critical power for the same problem in $\mathbb{R}^3$ to the critical power for the same problem in $\mathbb{R}$. Given the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality, the problem of the existence of ground state can be treated as already done for the two-dimensional grid.