Well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for Ostrovsky, Stepanyants and Tsimring equation with low regularity data (Q929555)

The Ostrovsky-Stepanyamts-Tsimring (OST) equation, \[ u_t + u_{xxx} + \eta ({\mathcal H}u_x + {\mathcal H} u_{xxx}) + u u_x = 0, \qquad x \in {\mathbb R}, \quad t \geq 0, \] is one of many extensions of the well-known Korteweg-de Vries equation. The OST equation, in contrast, is non-local, since it involves the Hilbert transform \(\mathcal H\). In this paper the authors extend earlier results to prove local well-posedness for initial data in Sobolev spaces \(H^s({\mathbb R})\) for \(s >-3/4\), and global well-posedness for \(s \geq 0\). The findings are in line with the local well-posedness result for the KdV equation by \textit{C. E. Kenig, G. Ponce} and \textit{L. Vega} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 9, No. 2, 573--603 (1996; Zbl 0848.35114)]. For a similar recent result, see also \textit{X. Carvajal} and \textit{M. Panthee} [Electron. J. Differ. Equ. 2008, Paper No. 02 (2008; Zbl 1136.35076)].