Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2011 (2011), No. 168, pp. 1-11. Title: L2-well-posed Cauchy problem for fourth-order dispersive equations on the line Author: Shigeo Tarama (Osaka City Univ., Osaka, Japan) Abstract: Mizuhara [2] obtained conditions for the Cauchy problem of a fourth-order dispersive operator to be well posed in the $L^2$ sense. Two of those conditions were shown to be necessary under additional assumptions. In this article, we prove the necessity without the additional assumptions. Submitted August 16, 2011. Published December 14, 2011. Math Subject Classifications: 37L50, 16D10. Key Words: Dispersive operators; Cauchy problem; well posed.