Multilinear estimates for periodic KdV equations, and applications

We prove an endpoint multilinear estimate for the X^s,b spaces associated to the periodic Airy equation. As a consequence we obtain sharp local well-posedness results for periodic generalized KdV equations, as well as some global well-posedness results below the energy norm.     

Global well-posedness for the KP-II equation on the background of a non-localized solution

Motivated by transverse stability issues, we address the time evolution under the KP-II flow of perturbations of a solution which does not decay in all directions, for instance the KdV-line soliton. We study two different types of perturbations: perturbations that are square integrable in R×T and perturbations that are square integrable in R². In both cases we prove the global well-posedness of the Cauchy problem associated with such initial data.     

Well-posedness of the martingale problem for some degenerate diffusion processes occurring in dynamics of populations

In this paper we establish the well-posedness in C([0,∞);[0,1]^d), for each starting point x∈[0,1]d, of the martingale problem associated with a class of degenerate elliptic operators which arise from the dynamics of populations as a generalization of the Fleming-Viot operator. In particular, we prove that such degenerate elliptic operators are closable in the space of continuous functions on [0,1]^d and their closure is the generator of a strongly continuous semigroup of contractions.     

Rough solutions for the periodic Schrödinger-Korteweg-de Vries system

We prove two new mixed sharp bilinear estimates of Schrödinger-Airy type. In particular, we obtain the local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem of the Schrödinger-Kortweg-de Vries (NLS-KdV) system in the periodic setting. Our lowest regularity is H1/4×L², which is somewhat far from the naturally expected endpoint L²×H−1/2. This is a novel phenomena related to the periodicity condition. Indeed, in the continuous case, Corcho and Linares proved local well-posedness for the natural endpoint .Nevertheless, we conclude the global well-posedness of the NLS-KdV system in the energy space H¹×H¹ using our local well-posedness result and three conservation laws discovered by M. Tsutsumi.     

Well-posedness for the Cauchy problem associated to the Hirota-Satsuma equation: Periodic case

We consider a system of Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equations coupled through nonlinear terms, called the Hirota-Satsuma system. We study the initial value problem (IVP) associated to this system in the periodic case, for given data in Sobolev spaces Hs×Hs+1 with regularity below the one given by the conservation laws. Using the Fourier transform restriction norm method, we prove local well-posedness whenever s>−1/2. Also, with some restriction on the parameters of the system, we use the recent technique introduced by Colliander et al., called I-method and almost conserved quantities, to prove global well-posedness for s>−3/14.     

Energy estimate and fundamental solution for degenerate hyperbolic Cauchy problems

The aim of this paper is to give an uniform approach to different kinds of degenerate hyperbolic Cauchy problems. We prove that a weakly hyperbolic equation, satisfying an intermediate condition between effective hyperbolicity and the C^∞ Levi condition, and a strictly hyperbolic equation with non-regular coefficients with respect to the time variable can be reduced to first-order systems of the same type. For such a kind of systems, we prove an energy estimate in Sobolev spaces (with a loss of derivatives) which gives the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in C^∞. In the strictly hyperbolic case, we also construct the fundamental solution and we describe the propagation of the space singularities of the solution which is influenced by the non-regularity of the coefficients with respect to the time variable.     

The homogeneous dirichlet problem for quasilinear anisotropic degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic equation with L initial value

The aim of this paper is to prove the well-posedness (existence and uniqueness) of the L^p entropy solution to the homogeneous Dirichlet problems for the anisotropic degenerate parabolic-hyperbolic equations with L^p initial value. We use the device of doubling variables and some technical analysis to prove the uniqueness result. Moreover we can prove that the L^p entropy solution can be obtained as the limit of solutions of the corresponding regularized equations of nondegenerate parabolic type.     

Attractors for nonlinear reaction-diffusion systems in unbounded domains via the method of short trajectories

We consider a nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation on the whole space Rd. We prove the well-posedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem in a general functional setting, namely, when the initial datum is uniformly locally bounded in L² only. Then we adapt the short trajectory method to establish the existence of the global attractor and, if d?3, we find an upper bound of its Kolmogorov's ε-entropy.     

A splitting method for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We introduce a splitting method for the semilinear Schrödinger equation and prove its convergence for those nonlinearities which can be handled by the classical well-posedness L²(Rd)-theory. More precisely, we prove that the scheme is of first order in the L²(Rd)-norm for H²(Rd)-initial data.     

Sharp ill-posedness result for the periodic Benjamin-Ono equation

We prove the discontinuity for the weak L²(T)-topology of the flow-map associated with the periodic Benjamin-Ono equation. This ensures that this equation is ill-posed in Hs(T) as soon as s<0 and thus completes exactly the well-posedness result obtained in Molinet (2008) [12].     

On the low regularity of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation with a dissipative term

We consider a dissipative version of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation ut+uxxx−uxx+x(u³)=0. We prove global well-posedness results on the associated Cauchy problem in the Sobolev spaces Hs(R) for s>−1/4 while for s<−1/2 we prove some ill-posedness issues.     

Some remarks on planar Boussinesq equations

The main purpose of this paper is to prove the well-posedness of the two-dimensional Boussinesq equations when the initial vorticity ω 0 ∈L1 (R 2 ) (or the finite Radon measure space). Using the stream function form of the equations and the Schauder fixed-point theorem to get the new proof of these results, we get that when the initial vorticity is smooth, there exists a unique classical solutions for the Cauchy problem of the two dimensional Boussinesq equations.     

Levitin–Polyak well-posedness by perturbations of inverse variational inequalities

The purpose of this paper is to investigate Levitin–Polyak type well-posedness for inverse variational inequalities. We establish some metric characterizations of Levitin–Polyak α-well-posedness by perturbations. Under suitable conditions, we prove that Levitin–Polyak well-posedness by perturbations of an inverse variational inequality is equivalent to the existence and uniqueness of its solution. Moreover, we show that Levitin–Polyak well-posedness by perturbations of an inverse variational inequality is equivalent to Levitin–Polyak well-posedness by perturbations of an enlarged classical variational inequality.     

Well-posedness and weak rotation limit for the Ostrovsky equation

We consider the Cauchy problem of the Ostrovsky equation. We first prove the time local well-posedness in the anisotropic Sobolev space Hs,a with s>−a/2−3/4 and 0?a?−1 by the Fourier restriction norm method. This result include the time local well-posedness in Hs with s>−3/4 for both positive and negative dissipation, namely for both βγ>0 and βγ<0. We next consider the weak rotation limit. We prove that the solution of the Ostrovsky equation converges to the solution of the KdV equation when the rotation parameter γ goes to 0 and the initial data of the KdV equation is in L². To show this result, we prove a bilinear estimate which is uniform with respect to γ.     

Limite non visqueuse pour le système de Navier–Stokes dans un espace critique

In a recent paper, Vishik proved the global well-posedness of the two-dimensional Euler equation in the critical Besov space B_2,1². In the present paper we prove that Navier–Stokes system is globally well-posed in B_2,1², with uniform estimates on the viscosity. We prove also a global result of inviscid limit. The convergence rate in L² is of order ν. To cite this article: T. Hmidi, S. Keraani, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Global well-posedness of the fractional Klein-Gordon-Schrödinger system with rough initial data

We investigate the low regularity local and global well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for the coupled Klein-Gordon-Schrödinger system with fractional Laplacian in the Schrödinger equation in R¹⁺¹. We use Bourgain space method to study this problem and prove that this system is locally well-posed for Schrödinger data in H^s1 and wave data in H^s2 ×H^s2?1 for 3/4?α < s₁ ≤ 0 and ?1/2 < s₂ < 3/2, where α is the fractional power of Laplacian which satisfies 3/4 < α ≤ 1. Based on this local well-posedness result, we also obtain the global well-posedness of this system for s₁ = 0 and ?1/2 < s₂ < 1/2 by using the conservation law for the L² norm of u.     

Analytic Solutions and Singularity Formation for the Peakon b-Family Equations

This paper deals with the well-posedness of the b-family equation in analytic function spaces. Using the Abstract Cauchy-Kowalewski theorem we prove that the b-family equation admits, locally in time, a unique analytic solution. Moreover, if the initial data is real analytic and it belongs to H ^s with s>3/2, and the momentum density u ₀?u _0,xx does not change sign, we prove that the solution stays analytic globally in time, for b≥1. Using pseudospectral numerical methods, we study, also, the singularity formation for the b-family equations with the singularity tracking method. This method allows us to follow the process of the singularity formation in the complex plane as the singularity approaches the real axis, estimating the rate of decay of the Fourier spectrum.     

Sharp well-posedness for the Benjamin equation

Having the ill-posedness in the range s<−3/4 of the Cauchy problem for the Benjamin equation with an initial H^s(R) data, we prove that the already-established local well-posedness in the range s>−3/4 of this initial value problem is extendable to s=−3/4 and also that such a well-posed property is globally valid for s∈[−3/4,∞).     

Non-convex sparse regularisation

We study the regularising properties of Tikhonov regularisation on the sequence space ?² with weighted, non-quadratic penalty term acting separately on the coefficients of a given sequence. We derive sufficient conditions for the penalty term that guarantee the well-posedness of the method, and investigate to which extent the same conditions are also necessary. A particular interest of this paper is the application to the solution of operator equations with sparsity constraints. Assuming a linear growth of the penalty term at zero, we prove the sparsity of all regularised solutions. Moreover, we derive a linear convergence rate under the assumptions of even faster growth at zero and a certain injectivity of the operator to be inverted. These results in particular cover non-convex ?p regularisation with 0<p<1.