Explicit formula for weighted scalar nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws
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- by Philippe LeFloch and Jean-Claude Nédélec PDF
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Abstract:
We prove a uniqueness and existence theorem for the entropy weak solution of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws of the form \[ \frac {\partial } {{\partial t}}(ru) + \frac {\partial } {{\partial x}}(rf(u)) = 0,\] with initial data and boundary condition. The scalar function $u = u(x, t)$, $x > 0$, $t > 0$, is the unknown, the function $f = f(u)$ is assumed to be strictly convex with inf $f( \cdot ) = 0$ and the weight function $r = r(x)$, $x > 0$, to be positive (for example, $r(x) = {x^\alpha }$, with an arbitrary real $\alpha$). We give an explicit formula, which generalizes a result of P. D. Lax. In particular, a free boundary problem for the flux $r( \cdot )f(u( \cdot , \cdot ))$ at the boundary is solved by introducing a variational inequality. The uniqueness result is obtained by extending a semigroup property due to B. L. Keyfitz.References
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- © Copyright 1988 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 308 (1988), 667-683
- MSC: Primary 35L65
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0951622-X
- MathSciNet review: 951622