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Well-posedness for the fifth-order KdV equation in the energy space

Analysis of PDEs 2012-06-26 v3

Abstract

We prove that the initial value problem (IVP) associated to the fifth order KdV equation {equation} \label{05KdV} \partial_tu-\alpha\partial^5_x u=c_1\partial_xu\partial_x^2u+c_2\partial_x(u\partial_x^2u)+c_3\partial_x(u^3), {equation} where xRx \in \mathbb R, tRt \in \mathbb R, u=u(x,t)u=u(x,t) is a real-valued function and α, c1, c2, c3\alpha, \ c_1, \ c_2, \ c_3 are real constants with α0\alpha \neq 0, is locally well-posed in Hs(R)H^s(\mathbb R) for s2s \ge 2. In the Hamiltonian case (\textit i.e. when c1=c2c_1=c_2), the IVP associated to \eqref{05KdV} is then globally well-posed in the energy space H2(R)H^2(\mathbb R).

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@article{arxiv.1205.0169,
  title  = {Well-posedness for the fifth-order KdV equation in the energy space},
  author = {Carlos E. Kenig and Didier Pilod},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0169},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

We corrected a few typos and fixed a technical mistake in the proof of Lemma 6.3. We also changed a comment on the work of Guo, Kwak and Kwon on the same subject according to the new version they posted recently on the arXiv (arXiv:1205.0850v2)