Korteweg-de Vries flows with general initial conditions (Q6536027)

This monograph deals with constructions of global-in-time solutions to the Korteweg-de Vries equation on the real line. The Segal-Wilson presentation [\textit{G. Segal} and \textit{G. Wilson}, Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 61, 5--65 (1985; Zbl 0592.35112)] of the Sato theory [\textit{M. Sato}, in: Random systems and dynamical systems, Proc. Symp., KyotoRIMS Kokyuroku 439, 30--46 (1981; Zbl 0507.58029)] is written using the Weyl-Kodaira-Titchmarsh functions. This approach permits the author to construct solutions with initial data more general than, say, almost periodic. Parallelly with the use analytic tools such as the spectral theory of one dimensional Schrödinger operators with ergodic potentials, the whole presentation has a strong algebro-geometric flavor. Thus, these constructions of global flows for KdV equation have a distinct character compared to analytic approach in e.g. recent studies of \textit{R. Killip} et al. [Invent. Math. 222, No. 1, 203--282 (2020; Zbl 1451.35165) and \textit{R. Killip} and \textit{M. Vişan} [Ann. Math. (2) 190, No. 1, 249--305 (2019; Zbl 1426.35203)].