On the Cauchy problem for some non-Kowalewskian equations in \(\mathcal{D}^{[\sigma]}_{L^ 2}\) (Q678154)

The authors consider the operator \[ P(t,x;D_t,D_x)= D^m_t+\sum^m_{j=1} H_j(t,x,D_x)D^{m-j}_t, \] where \(H_j(t,x,D_x)\) are pseudodifferential operators of order \(2j\), with principal part \(H^0_j\). One assumes that \(P\) is of 2-evolution type, in the sense that all the roots of \[ z^m+\sum^m_{j=1} H^0_j(t,x,p)z^{m-j} \] are real-valued. The authors prove that the Cauchy problem \[ Pu= f,\quad D^j_tu(0,x)= g_j(x),\quad 0\leq j\leq m-1, \] is well-posed in the Gevrey classes \(G^s\) for \(s>1\) sufficiently small. Precise conditions for the well-posedness of the same problem in \(G^s\) for large \(s\), or in \(C^\infty\), are then given in terms of the lower order terms of \(H_j(t,x,D)\).