On decay properties and asymptotic behavior of solutions to a non-local perturbed KdV equation

Abstract

We consider the \emph{KdV} equation with an additional non-local perturbation term defined through the Hilbert transform, also known as the OST-equation. We prove that the solutions $u(t,x)$ has a pointwise decay in spatial variable: $|u(t,x)|\lesssim \frac{1}{1+|x{|}^2}$, provided that the initial data has the same decaying and moreover we find the asymptotic profile of $u(t,x)$ when $|x|\to +\infty$. Next, we show that decay rate given above is optimal when the initial data is not a zero-mean function and in this case we derive an estimate from below $\frac{1}{|x{|}^2}\lesssim |u(t,x)|$ for $|x|$ large enough. In the case when the initial datum is a zero-mean function, we prove that the decay rate above is improved to $\frac{1}{1+|x{|}^{2+\epsilon }}$ for $0<\epsilon \le 1$. Finally, we study the local-well posedness of the OST-equation in the framework of Lebesgue spaces.

33 pages