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

TL;DR

This paper establishes local well-posedness for the fifth-order KdV equation in Sobolev spaces with s ≥ 2, and global well-posedness in the energy space when the equation is Hamiltonian.

Contribution

It proves well-posedness results for the fifth-order KdV in the energy space, including the Hamiltonian case, extending previous understanding of solution behavior.

Findings

Locally well-posed in H^s for s ≥ 2

Globally well-posed in H^2 in the Hamiltonian case

Provides rigorous mathematical foundation for solution existence and uniqueness

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 $x \in \mathbb R$, $t \in \mathbb R$, $u=u(x,t)$ is a real-valued function and $\alpha, \ c_1, \ c_2, \ c_3$ are real constants with $\alpha \neq 0$, is locally well-posed in $H^s(\mathbb R)$ for $s \ge 2$. In the Hamiltonian case (\textit i.e. when $c_1=c_2$), the IVP associated to \eqref{05KdV} is then globally well-posed in the energy space $H^2(\mathbb R)$.