On the interpolation with the potential bound for global solutions of the defocusing cubic wave equation on \(\mathbb{T}^2\) (Q265498)

Consider the solutions of the defocusing cubic wave equation \(\partial_t^2 u -\Delta u = -u^3\) with real data in \(H^s(\mathbb{T}^2) \times H^{s-1}(\mathbb{T}^2)\). The problem is known to be local well-posed for \(s>1/4\). Based on the a priori conservation of the energy \(\int 2|\partial_t u|^2+2|\nabla u|^2+|u|^4 dx\), it is easy to prove global existence for \(s\geq 1\). Bourgain improved the result to \(s\geq 1/2\) in [\textit{J. Bourgain}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 12, No. 1, 145--171 (1999; Zbl 0958.35126)]. In this paper, the author improves the result further to \(s> 2/5\), by contradiction. The author describes the basic strategy of proof as follows: ``Assuming that one of the maximal times of existence is finite, we prove that the Sobolev norm of each of these solutions is bounded in an open neighborhood of it by using the I-method. It consists of introducing a mollified energy and estimating its growth in this neighborhood. The growth is first estimated on small subintervals by means of dispersive bounds; then it is estimated on the whole interval by an iteration process. In order to enlarge the size of subintervals on which the dispersive bounds hold, we interpolate with the potential bound for the low frequency part.''