Solutions to discrete fractional Sch\"{o}dinger equations

Abstract

In this paper, we study the discrete fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation $$ (-\Delta)^\alpha u+h(x) u=f(x,u),\quad x\in \mathbb{Z}^d,$$ where $d\in\mathbb{N}^*,\,\alpha \in(0, 1)$ and the nonlocal operator $(-\Delta)^\alpha $ is defined by discrete Fourier transform, which differs from the continuous case. Under suitable assumptions on $h$ and $f$, we prove the existence and multiplicity of solutions to this equation by variational method.