On the propagation of high regularity for the logarithmic Schrödinger equation

Overview & Synopsis

We investigate both the instantaneous loss and the persistence of high regularity for the one-dimensional logarithmic Schrödinger equation in symmetric domains under various boundary conditions. We show that for a broad class of odd initial data, the $H^s$-norm of solutions exhibits instantaneous blow-up for all $s > 7/2 $. Conversely, we establish that $H^3$-regularity is preserved for solutions that are odd with first-order cancellation, non-vanishing behavior away from the origin and Neumann boundary conditions on symmetric bounded domains. These theoretical results are further supported and illustrated by numerical simulations.