Invariant Cantor manifolds of quasi-periodic solutions for the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation with periodic boundary conditions $$\mathbf{i}u_t+u_{xx}+\mathbf{i}\Big(f(x,u,\bar{u})\Big)_x=0,\quad x\in\mathbb{T}:=\mathbb{R}/2π\mathbb{Z},$$ where $f$ is an analytic function of the form $$f(x,u,\bar{u})=μ|u|^2u+f_{\geq4}(x,u,\bar{u}),\quad 0\neqμ\in\mathbb{R},$$ and $f_{\geq4}(x,u,\bar{u})$ denotes terms of order at least four in $u,\bar{u}$. We show the above equation possesses Cantor families of smooth quasi-periodic solutions of small amplitude. The proof is based on an infinite dimensional KAM theorem for unbounded perturbation vector fields.