Unconditionally stable space-time isogeometric method for the linear Schrödinger equation

We propose and analyze a space-time isogeometric finite element method based on splines with maximal regularity in time for the linear time-dependent Schrödinger equation with a spatially varying potential. We investigate the stability and conservation properties of the method, demonstrating that it preserves both mass and energy at the final time, and it is unconditionally stable. Numerical experiments confirm our theoretical findings and illustrate the convergence behavior of the scheme. Incidentally, our analysis also provides an alternative proof of unconditional stability of the first-order-in-time isogeometric method for the wave equation proposed in (M. Ferrari, S. Fraschini, G. Loli and I. Perugia (2025)), eliminating the need for the numerical verifications required in the previous analysis.