Non-smoothness of the fundamental solutions for Schrödinger equations with super-quadratic and spherically symmetric potential

Abstract

We study non-smoothness of the fundamental solution for the Schrödinger equation with a spherically symmetric and super-quadratic potential in the sense that V(x) ≥ C|x|2+ɛ at infinity with constants C > 0 and ɛ > 0. More precisely, we show the fundamental solution E(t, x, y) does not belong to C1 as a function of (t, x, y), which partially solves Yajima’s conjecture.