Bilinear space-time estimates for linearised KP-type equations on the three-dimensional torus with applications

A bilinear estimate in terms of Bourgain spaces associated with a linearised Kadomtsev-Petviashvili-type equation on the three-dimensional torus is shown. As a consequence, time localized linear and bilinear space-time estimates for this equation are obtained. Applications to the local and global well-posedness of dispersion generalised KP-II equations are discussed. Especially it is proved that the periodic boundary value problem for the original KP-II equation is locally well-posed for data in the anisotropic Sobolev spaces (HxHxs)-H-s(T-3), if s >= (1)/(2)and epsilon > 0. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.