Sharp ill-posedness results for the KdV and mKdV equations on the torus (Q436130)

In this paper the author considers the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) \[ w_t + w_{xxx} - 6w w_x = 0 \] and the modified KdV (mKdV) equation \[ v_t + v_{xxx} \mp 6v^2 v_x = 0 \] on the flat torus \(\mathbb T = \mathbb R\setminus 2\pi\mathbb Z\). Two main results are proved: 1. The discontinuity of the solution-map associated with the KdV and the mKdV equations in \(H^s(\mathbb T)\) for \(s < -1\) and \(s < 0\) respectively. 2. Existence of weak \(L^2\)-solutions of the mKdV equation. It also constructs global weak solutions of the renormalized mKdV equation.