Low-regularity well-posedness for dispersive equations with derivative nonlinearity and quasi-periodic initial data

Abstract

We show low-regularity well-posedness of the Korteweg-de Vries equation with spatially quasi-periodic initial data. To this end, we employ frequency-dependent time localization and a bilinear version of the C\'ordoba--Fefferman square function estimate to show a bilinear Strichartz estimate for quasi-periodic functions. The solutions are proved to preserve the Sobolev regularity of the initial data, which was not the case in earlier works. The argument extends to other dispersion relations and higher order nonlinearities.