For both localized and periodic initial data, we prove local existence in classical energy space H^{s}, s>frac{3}{2}, for a class of dispersive equations u_t + (n(u))_x + L u_x = 0 with nonlinearities of mild regularity. Our results are valid for symmetric Fourier multiplier operators L whose symbol is of temperate growth, and n(cdot ) in the local Sobolev space H^{s+2}_{mathrm {loc}}(mathbb {R}). In particular, the results include non-smooth and exponentially growing nonlinearities. Our proof is based on a combination of semigroup methods and a new composition result for Besov spaces. In particular, we extend a previous result for Nemytskii operators on Besov spaces on mathbb {R} to the periodic setting by using the difference–derivative characterization of Besov spaces.
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