In this paper, we investigate the Cauchy problem for the higher-order
KdV-type equation \begin{eqnarray*}
u_{t}+(-1)^{j+1}\partial_{x}^{2j+1}u
- \frac{1}{2}\partial_{x}(u^{2})
= 0,j\in N^{+},x\inT= [0,2\pi \lambda) \end{eqnarray*} with low
regularity data and λ≥1. Firstly, we show that the Cauchy problem
for the periodic higher-order KdV equation is locally well-posed in
Hs(T) with s≥−j+21,j≥2. By using some new
Strichartz estimate and some new function spaces, we also show that the Cauchy
problem for the periodic higher-order KdV equation is ill-posed in
Hs(T) with s<−j+21,j≥2 in the sense that the
solution map is C3. The result of this paper improves the result of
\cite{H} with j≥2.