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Main Authors: Shi, Cheng, Parker, Ross, Kevrekides, Panayotis G., Weinstein, Michael I.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05671
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author Shi, Cheng
Parker, Ross
Kevrekides, Panayotis G.
Weinstein, Michael I.
author_facet Shi, Cheng
Parker, Ross
Kevrekides, Panayotis G.
Weinstein, Michael I.
contents We establish a sharp criterion for the stability of a class of compactly supported, homogeneous density``minimal compact solitons'' or MCS states, of the time-dependent discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a multi-lattice, $\mathbb L$ ($\mathbb L$-DNLS). MCS states arise for multi-lattices where a nearest neighbor Laplace-type operator on $\mathbb L$ has a flat band. Our stability criterion is in terms of the explicit form of the nonlinearity and the projection of distinguished vectors onto the flat band eigenspace. We apply our general results to MCS states of DNLS for the diamond, Kagom{é} and checkerboard lattices. In lattices where MCS states are unstable, we demonstrate how to engineer the nonlinearity to stabilize small amplitude MCS states. Finally, via systematic numerical computations, we put our analytical results in the context of global bifurcation diagrams.
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spellingShingle Stability theory of flat band solitons in nonlinear wave systems
Shi, Cheng
Parker, Ross
Kevrekides, Panayotis G.
Weinstein, Michael I.
Pattern Formation and Solitons
Materials Science
Mathematical Physics
Spectral Theory
We establish a sharp criterion for the stability of a class of compactly supported, homogeneous density``minimal compact solitons'' or MCS states, of the time-dependent discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a multi-lattice, $\mathbb L$ ($\mathbb L$-DNLS). MCS states arise for multi-lattices where a nearest neighbor Laplace-type operator on $\mathbb L$ has a flat band. Our stability criterion is in terms of the explicit form of the nonlinearity and the projection of distinguished vectors onto the flat band eigenspace. We apply our general results to MCS states of DNLS for the diamond, Kagom{é} and checkerboard lattices. In lattices where MCS states are unstable, we demonstrate how to engineer the nonlinearity to stabilize small amplitude MCS states. Finally, via systematic numerical computations, we put our analytical results in the context of global bifurcation diagrams.
title Stability theory of flat band solitons in nonlinear wave systems
topic Pattern Formation and Solitons
Materials Science
Mathematical Physics
Spectral Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05671