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This article proves norm inflation in the critical Sobolev space $H^{3/2}(\mathbb{R})$ for the $b$-Novikov equation, which is a $1$-parameter family of Camassa-Holm-type equations with cubic nonlinearities. This result completes the well-posedness theory for this equation, which was previously known to be locally well-posed in $H^{s}(\mathbb{R})$ for $s>3/2$ and ill-posed in $H^{s}(\mathbb{R})$ for $s<3/2$.
The Cauchy problem for a higher order modification of the nonlinear Shcrodinger equation (MNLS) on the line is shown to be well-posed in Sobolev spaces with exponent $\ge 0$. This result is achieved by demonstrating that the associated integral operator is a contraction on a Bourgain space that has been adapted to the particular linear symbol present in the equation. the ctraction is proved by using microlocal analysis and a new trilinear estimate.
For the Novikov equation, on both the line and the circle, we construct a 2-peakon solution with an asymmetric antipeakon-peakon initial profile whose $H^s$-norm for $s<3/2$ is arbitrarily small. Immediately after the initial time, both the antipeakon and peakon move in the positive direction, and a collision occurs in arbitrarily small time. Moreover, at the collision time the $H^s$-norm of the solution becomes arbitrarily large when $5/4 3/2$, these results put together establish $3/2$ as the critical index of well-posedness for this equation. The case $s=3/2$ remains an open question.