The Cauchy problem for a two-dimensional generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili-I equation in anisotropic Sobolev spaces

Abstract

The goal of this paper is three-fold. First, we prove that the Cauchy problem for a generalized KP-I equation [Formula: see text] is locally well-posed in the anisotropic Sobolev spaces [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Second, we prove that the Cauchy problem is globally well-posed in [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text]. Finally, we show that the Cauchy problem is globally well-posed in [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text] Our result improves the result of Saut and Tzvetkov [The Cauchy problem for the fifth order KP equations, J. Math. Pures Appl. 79 (2000) 307–338] and Li and Xiao [Well-posedness of the fifth order Kadomtsev–Petviashvili-I equation in anisotropic Sobolev spaces with nonnegative indices, J. Math. Pures Appl. 90 (2008) 338–352].