On the structure of a family of quasilinear equations arising in shallow water theory (Q1277273): Difference between revisions

The authors investigate the Camassa-Holm equation arising in the shallow water theory and having the form: \[ u_t- u_{txx}+ 3uu_x= 2u_x u_{xx}+ uu_{xxx}, \] \[ u(0,x)= u_0(x),\quad u(x+1,t)= u(x,t)\quad (t\geq 0,\;x\in\mathbb{R}). \] This equation is invariant under the transformation \(u\mapsto -u\), \(t\mapsto -t\), but not invariant under the transformation \(u= u+k\), \(t\mapsto t\), \(x\mapsto x+ kt\). Using the last transform, the above equation becomes \[ u_t- u_{txx}+ 2ku_x+ 3uu_x= 2u_x u_{xx}+ uu_{xxx}. \] The case \(k=0\) was studied by the authors in an earlier paper quoted in the bibliography. Now they study the case \(k\neq 0\). The main results are the following: 1) for \(k\neq 0\) the problem has a unique solution in \(H^3(S)\), \(S=\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}\); 2) for small initial data \(u_0\in H^3(S)\), the problem has a global solution; 3) for smooth initial data \(u_0\in C^\infty\), ``asymmetric enough'', the corresponding solution blows-up at finite time.