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For such a equation

$$-y''(x) + x^2\cdot y(x) - |y(x)|^2\cdot y(x) = 0$$

with initial conditions: $y(-500) = 0$ and $y(500) = 0$.

I write in mathematica

ic1 = 0;
xmax = 500;
xmin = -500;
sol = NDSolve[{-y''[x] + x^2*y[x] - Abs[y[x]]^2*y[x] == 0, 
   y[xmax] == ic1, y[xmin] == ic1}, y[x], {x, xmin, xmax}]
Plot[y[x] /. sol, {x, xmin, xmax}]

but the graph is incorrect. Please help me

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  • $\begingroup$ Can you show the output? It produces a straight zero line for me. $\endgroup$
    – m0nhawk
    May 24, 2015 at 12:21
  • $\begingroup$ as far as i know, straight zero line is incorrect for this differential equation $\endgroup$
    – ssemish
    May 24, 2015 at 12:25
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    $\begingroup$ Well, you can see pretty easily that y(x)=0 is a solution to the DE and the boundary conditions. $\endgroup$ May 24, 2015 at 12:30
  • $\begingroup$ ok, let me correct my expression it is mistake to say incorrect, but are you saying it has only trivial solution ? $\endgroup$
    – ssemish
    May 24, 2015 at 12:37
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    $\begingroup$ Solving for y[x], we can see that there is only one real root. (Solve[-y''[x] + x^2*y[x] - Abs[y[x]]^2*y[x] == 0, y[x]]). Moreover, your conditions suggestion that, there will be only trivial solution to this problem. Please paste a link, where we can see the equation ourselves. $\endgroup$
    – zhk
    May 24, 2015 at 15:12

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It seems that the ode under discussion has only trivial solution.

I checked it with both Mathematica and maple and got what was expected.

Mathematica output

Plot[y[x] /. sol, {x, xmin, xmax}]

enter image description here

Maple output

restart:with(plots):

ode:=-diff(y(x),x$2)+x^2*y(x)-abs(y(x))^2*y(x)=0;

ics:=y(-500)=0,y(500)=0;

p:=dsolve({ode,ics},numeric);

odeplot(p);

enter image description here

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for all reply....@ Dr. Wolfgang Hintze yes i am searching for its eigenvalue problem as an exercise either, as you mentioned, with added the term like E*y(x) where E is eigenvalue, Do you have any idea? $\endgroup$
    – ssemish
    May 25, 2015 at 9:14

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