Fractal solutions of linear and nonlinear dispersive partial differential equations

Abstract

In this paper we study fractal solutions of linear and nonlinear dispersive PDE on the torus. In the first part we answer some open questions on the fractal solutions of linear Schr\"odinger equation and equations with higher order dispersion. We also discuss applications to their nonlinear counterparts like the cubic Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) and the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV). In the second part, we study fractal solutions of the vortex filament equation and the associated Schr\"odinger map equation (SM). In particular, we construct global strong solutions of the SM in $H^s$ for $s>\frac32$ for which the evolution of the curvature is given by a periodic nonlinear Schr\"odinger evolution. We also construct unique weak solutions in the energy level. Our analysis follows the frame construction of Chang {\em et al.} \cite{csu} and Nahmod {\em et al.} \cite{nsvz}.