Unconditional uniqueness for the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation on the line

Abstract

We prove that the modified Korteweg- de Vries equation (mKdV) equation is unconditionally well-posed in $H^s(\mathbb{R})$ for $s>\frac{1}{3}$. Our method of proof combines the improvement of the energy method introduced recently by the first and third authors with the construction of a modified energy. Our approach also yields \textit{a priori} estimates for the solutions of mKdV in $H^s(\mathbb{R})$, for $s>0$, and enables us to construct weak solutions at this level of regularity.

40 pages, to appear in Revista Matemática Iberoamericana. We fixed a flaw in the proof pointed out by the anonymous referee. We also reworked completely several parts of the paper