On the uniqueness of ground states of non-local equations
Journées équations aux dérivées partielles (2011), article no. 5, 10 p.

We review our joint result with E. Lenzmann about the uniqueness of ground state solutions of non-linear equations involving the fractional Laplacian and provide an alternate uniqueness proof for an equation related to the intermediate long-wave equation.

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Frank, Rupert L. On the uniqueness of ground states of non-local equations. Journées équations aux dérivées partielles (2011), article  no. 5, 10 p. doi : 10.5802/jedp.77. http://www.numdam.org/item/JEDP_2011____A5_0/

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