KdV on an incoming tide
Abstract Given smooth step-like initial data V(0, x) on the real line, we show that the Korteweg–de Vries equation is globally well-posed for initial data u ( 0 , x ) ∈ V ( 0 , x ) + H − 1 ( R ) . The proof uses our general well-posedness result (2021 arXiv:2104.11346). As a prerequisite, we show that KdV is globally well-posed for H 3 ( R ) perturbations of step-like initial data. In the case V ≡ 0, we obtain a new proof of the Bona–Smith theorem (Bona and Smith 1975 Trans. R. Soc. A 278 555–601) using the low-regularity methods that established the sharp well-posedness of KdV in H −1 (Killip and Vişan 2019 Ann. Math. 190 249–305).
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