Reducibility for a class of weakly dispersive linear operators arising from the Degasperis Procesi equation

TL;DR

This paper proves the reducibility of certain quasi-periodically forced linear PDEs related to the Degasperis-Procesi equation, advancing the development of KAM theory for such nonlinear dispersive equations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel reducibility result for a class of weakly dispersive linear operators from the DP equation, using Egorov theorem and KAM schemes, with sharp tame bounds.

Findings

Proved reducibility of a class of linear PDEs associated with the DP equation.

Developed a reduction in orders technique based on Egorov theorem.

Established sharp tame bounds for the diagonalizing transformations.

Abstract

We prove reducibility of a class of quasi-periodically forced linear equations of the form \[ \partial_tu-\partial_x\circ (1+a(\omega t, x))u+\mathcal{Q}(\omega t)u=0,\quad x\in\mathbb{T}:=\mathbb{R}/2\pi\mathbb{Z}, \] where $u=u(t,x)$, $a$ is a small, $C^{\infty}$ function, $\mathcal{Q}$ is a pseudo differential operator of order $-1$, provided that $\omega\in\mathbb{R}^{\nu}$ satisfies appropriate non-resonance conditions. Such PDEs arise by linearizing the Degasperis-Procesi (DP) equation at a small amplitude quasi-periodic function. Our work provides a first fundamental step in developing a KAM theory for perturbations of the DP equation on the circle. Following \cite{Airy}, our approach is based on two main points: first a reduction in orders based on an Egorov type theorem then a KAM diagonalization scheme. In both steps the key difficulites arise from the asymptotically linear dispersion law. In view of the application to the nonlinear context we prove sharp \emph{tame} bounds on the diagonalizing change of variables. We remark that the strategy and the techniques proposed are applicable for proving reducibility of more general classes of linear pseudo differential first order operators.