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# Multi-bump positive solutions of a fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation in $\mathbb{R}^N$

• In this paper, we study a fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Applying the finite reduction method, we prove that the equation has multi-bump positive solutions under some suitable conditions which are given in section 1.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J10, 35B99; Secondary: 35J60.

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