# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

May  2014, 34(5): 2061-2068. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2014.34.2061

## The Fourier restriction norm method for the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

 1 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Mathematisches Institut, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany 2 Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Mathematik, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany

Received  February 2013 Revised  June 2013 Published  October 2013

The Cauchy problem for the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation is shown to be locally well-posed in $H^s(\mathbb{R}^2)$ for all $s>\frac{1}{2}$ by using the Fourier restriction norm method and bilinear refinements of Strichartz type inequalities.
Citation: Axel Grünrock, Sebastian Herr. The Fourier restriction norm method for the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2014, 34 (5) : 2061-2068. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2014.34.2061
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##### References:
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