Sharp local well-posedness for the Hirota-Satsuma system

Abstract: We establish sharp local existence results for the Hirota-Satsuma system in $H^k(\mathbb{R}) \times H^s(\mathbb{R})$, depending on the ratio between the dispersion of the components. These theorems significantly generalize previous works, which were restricted to the diagonal case of equal regularity $s=k$. Furthermore, we extend the known global well-posedness theory to the off-diagonal regime. The argument relies on the Fourier restriction norm method coupled with the concept of integrated-by-parts strong solution - a framework that generalizes the classical notion of strong solution.