Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2004(2004), No. 13, pp. 1-10. Title: Local well-posedness for a higher order nonlinear Schrodinger equation in Sobolev spaces of negative indices Author: Xavier Carvajal (IMECC-UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil) Abstract: We prove that the initial value problem associated with $$ \partial_tu+i\alpha \partial^2_x u+\beta \partial^3_x u +i\gamma|u|^2u = 0, \quad x,t \in \mathbb{R}, $$ is locally well-posed in $H^s$ for $s>-1/4$. Submitted July 30, 2003. Published January 23, 2004. Math Subject Classifications: 35Q58, 35Q60. Key Words: Schrodinger equation; Korteweg-de Vries equation; trilinear estimate; Bourgain spaces.