Improved refined bilinear estimates and well-posedness for generalized KdV type equations on $\mathbb{R}$

Abstract

We study the Cauchy problem for one-dimensional dispersive equations posed on $\mathbb{R} $, under the hypotheses that the dispersive operator behaves, for high frequencies, as a Fourier multiplier by $ i |\xi|^\alpha \xi $ with $ 1 \le \alpha\le 2 $, and that the nonlinear term is of the form $ \partial_x f(u) $ where $f $ is a real analytic function satisfying certain conditions. We prove the unconditional local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in $H^s(\mathbb{R}) $ for $ s\ge \frac{5-2\alpha}{4} $ whenever $ 1\le \alpha<\frac{3}{2} $, and for $ s>\frac{1}{2} $ whenever $\alpha\in [\frac{3}{2},2] $. This result is optimal in the case $\alpha\ge \frac{3}{2}$ in view of the restriction $ s>\frac{1}{2} $ required for the continuous embedding $ H^s(\mathbb{R}) \hookrightarrow L^\infty(\mathbb{R}) $. The main novelty of this work, compared to our previous studies, is an improvement of the refined linear and bilinear estimates on $\mathbb{R} $. Our local well-posedness results enable us to derive global existence of solutions for $ \alpha \in [\frac{5}{4},2] $.