Global existence of weak solutions for the Burgers-Hilbert equation (Q2927872)

The authors study weak entropy solutions for the Burgers-Hilbert equation \(u_t+(u^2/2)_x=H[u]\), where \(H[u]\) is the Hilbert transform on \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\). They establish the global existence of an entropy solution to the Cauchy problem for any initial data \(\bar u\in L^2(\mathbb{R})\). Moreover, this solution is shown to belong \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\cap L^\infty(\mathbb{R})\) for positive times. Concerning the uniqueness, it is proved in the particular case of spatially periodic solutions with locally bounded variation.