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Shocks violating Lax’s condition are unstable
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by E. D. Conway and J. A. Smoller PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 (1973), 353-356 Request permission

Abstract:

For a system of two conservation laws, we prove that solutions violating Lax’s condition across shocks are unstable relative to smoothing of the initial data.
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  • © Copyright 1973 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 (1973), 353-356
  • MSC: Primary 35L65
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1973-0430545-3
  • MathSciNet review: 0430545