On the focusing generalized Hartree equation

In this paper we give a review of the recent progress on the focusing generalized Hartree equation, which is a nonlinear Schrodinger-type equation with the nonlocal nonlinearity, expressed as a convolution with the Riesz potential. We describe the local well-posedness in H1 and Hs settings, discuss the extension to the global existence and scattering, or finite time blow-up. We point out different techniques used to obtain the above results, and then show the numerical investigations of the stable blow-up in the L2 -critical setting. We finish by showing known analytical results about the stable blow-up dynamics in the L2 -critical setting.