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The Fourier restriction norm method for the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

• The Cauchy problem for the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation is shown to be locally well-posed in $H^s(\mathbb{R}^2)$ for all $s>\frac{1}{2}$ by using the Fourier restriction norm method and bilinear refinements of Strichartz type inequalities.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35Q53; Secondary: 42B37.

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