Self-similar solutions for the generalized fractional Korteweg-de Vries equation

Abstract

We consider the Cauchy problem for the generalized fractional Korteweg-de Vries equation $$ u_t+D^\alpha u_x + u^p u_x= 0, \quad 1<\alpha\le 2, \quad p\in {\mathbb N}\setminus\{0\}, $$ with homogeneous initial data $\Phi$. We show that, under smallness assumption on $\Phi$, and for a wide range of $(\alpha, p)$, including $p=3$, we can construct a self-similar solution of this problem.