Continuum limit of 2D fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract

We prove that the solutions to the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation with non-local algebraically decaying coupling converge strongly in L^2({mathbb {R}}^2) to those of the continuum fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation, as the discretization parameter tends to zero. The proof relies on sharp dispersive estimates that yield the Strichartz estimates that are uniform in the discretization parameter. An explicit computation of the leading term of the oscillatory integral asymptotics is used to show that the best constants of a family of dispersive estimates blow up as the non-locality parameter alpha in (1,2) approaches the boundaries.