On the Cauchy problem for the generalized Camassa-Holm equation (Q5919194)

The authors consider the Cauchy problem of the generalized Camassa-Holm equation proposed by \textit{S.\ Hakkaev and K.\ Kirchev} [Commun.\ Partial Differ.\ Equations 30, No. 5--6, 761--781 (2005; Zbl 1076.35098)], which includes the Camassa-Holm equation as a special case for \(k=1\). It is shown that the generalized Camassa-Holm equation is well-posed in the sense of Hadamard in Sobolev spaces \(H^s\) for \(s>3/2\) on both the line and the circle, i.e., in the non-periodic and the periodic case. Said differently, the data-to-solution map is continuous. The authors also prove that the data-to-solution map is not uniformly continuous for \(s>3/2\) in both the periodic and non-periodic case. Their proof relies on the method of approximate solutions and the well-posedness estimates for the solution and its lifespan. Moreover, if \(s>3/2\) and \(0\leq r <s\), then the data-to-solution map for the Cauchy problem on both the line and the circle is Hölder continuous on the space \(H^s\) equipped with the \(H^r\) norm.