Distribution Solutions of Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws

Distribution Solutions of Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws

Author: Michael Sever

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 082183990X

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The local structure of solutions of initial value problems for nonlinear systems of conservation laws is considered. Given large initial data, there exist systems with reasonable structural properties for which standard entropy weak solutions cannot be continued after finite time, but for which weaker solutions, valued as measures at a given time, exist. At any given time, the singularities thus arising admit representation as weak limits of suitable approximate solutions in the space of measures with respect to the space variable. Two distinct classes of singularities have emerged in this context, known as delta-shocks and singular shocks. Notwithstanding the similar form of the singularities, the analysis of delta-shocks is very different from that of singular shocks, as are the systems for which they occur. Roughly speaking, the difference is that for delta-shocks, the density approximations majorize the flux approximations, whereas for singular shocks, the flux approximations blow up faster. As against that admissible singular shocks have viscous structure.


Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws and the Mathematical Theory of Shock Waves

Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws and the Mathematical Theory of Shock Waves

Author: Peter D. Lax

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 1973-01-01

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0898711770

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This book deals with the mathematical side of the theory of shock waves. The author presents what is known about the existence and uniqueness of generalized solutions of the initial value problem subject to the entropy conditions. The subtle dissipation introduced by the entropy condition is investigated and the slow decay in signal strength it causes is shown.


Distributions in the Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 2

Distributions in the Physical and Engineering Sciences, Volume 2

Author: Alexander I. Saichev

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 0817646523

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Distributions in the Physical and Engineering Sciences is a comprehensive exposition on analytic methods for solving science and engineering problems. It is written from the unifying viewpoint of distribution theory and enriched with many modern topics which are important for practitioners and researchers. The goal of the books is to give the reader, specialist and non-specialist, useable and modern mathematical tools in their research and analysis. Volume 2: Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics of Continuous Media continues the multivolume project which endeavors to show how the theory of distributions, also called the theory of generalized functions, can be used by graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering. It contains an analysis of the three basic types of linear partial differential equations--elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic--as well as chapters on first-order nonlinear partial differential equations and conservation laws, and generalized solutions of first-order nonlinear PDEs. Nonlinear wave, growing interface, and Burger’s equations, KdV equations, and the equations of gas dynamics and porous media are also covered. The careful explanations, accessible writing style, many illustrations/examples and solutions also make it suitable for use as a self-study reference by anyone seeking greater understanding and proficiency in the problem solving methods presented. The book is ideal for a general scientific and engineering audience, yet it is mathematically precise. Features · Application oriented exposition of distributional (Dirac delta) methods in the theory of partial differential equations. Abstract formalism is keep to a minimum. · Careful and rich selection of examples and problems arising in real-life situations. Complete solutions to all exercises appear at the end of the book. · Clear explanations, motivations, and illustration of all necessary mathematical concepts.


Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws

Numerical Methods for Conservation Laws

Author: LEVEQUE

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 3034851162

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These notes developed from a course on the numerical solution of conservation laws first taught at the University of Washington in the fall of 1988 and then at ETH during the following spring. The overall emphasis is on studying the mathematical tools that are essential in de veloping, analyzing, and successfully using numerical methods for nonlinear systems of conservation laws, particularly for problems involving shock waves. A reasonable un derstanding of the mathematical structure of these equations and their solutions is first required, and Part I of these notes deals with this theory. Part II deals more directly with numerical methods, again with the emphasis on general tools that are of broad use. I have stressed the underlying ideas used in various classes of methods rather than present ing the most sophisticated methods in great detail. My aim was to provide a sufficient background that students could then approach the current research literature with the necessary tools and understanding. vVithout the wonders of TeX and LaTeX, these notes would never have been put together. The professional-looking results perhaps obscure the fact that these are indeed lecture notes. Some sections have been reworked several times by now, but others are still preliminary. I can only hope that the errors are not too blatant. Moreover, the breadth and depth of coverage was limited by the length of these courses, and some parts are rather sketchy.


Admissibility of Weak Solutions of Multidimensional Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws

Admissibility of Weak Solutions of Multidimensional Nonlinear Systems of Conservation Laws

Author: Michael Sever

Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA

Published: 2018-03-29

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1618964445

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Admissible solutions of nonlinear systems of conservation laws in arbitrary dimensions are identified as points in the range of boundedly Frechet differentiable map of boundary data into weak solutions. For Cauchy problems for scalar conservation laws or hyperbolic systems in one space dimension, admissibility so determined agrees fairly closely with familiar entropy conditions. For systems in higher dimensions, however, the set of admissible weak solutions is materially smaller than might be anticipated, computational evidence to the contrary notwithstanding. Such is provably the case for Cauchy problems for hyperbolic systems, and is strongly suggested by results obtained for reduced systems determining stationary or self-similar solutions.


Some Current Topics on Nonlinear Conservation Laws

Some Current Topics on Nonlinear Conservation Laws

Author: Ling Hsiao

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0821819658

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This volume resulted from a year-long program at the Morningside Center of Mathematics at the Academia Sinica in Beijing. It presents an overview of nonlinear conversation laws and introduces developments in this expanding field. Zhouping Xin's introductory overview of the subject is followed by lecture notes of leading experts who have made fundamental contributions to this field of research. A. Bressan's theory of $-well-posedness for entropy weak solutions to systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conversation laws in the class of viscosity solutions is one of the most important results in the past two decades; G. Chen discusses weak convergence methods and various applications to many problems; P. Degond details mathematical modelling of semi-conductor devices; B. Perthame describes the theory of asymptotic equivalence between conservation laws and singular kinetic equations; Z. Xin outlines the recent development of the vanishing viscosity problem and nonlinear stability of elementary wave-a major focus of research in the last decade; and the volume concludes with Y. Zheng's lecture on incompressible fluid dynamics. This collection of lectures represents previously unpublished expository and research results of experts in nonlinear conservation laws and is an excellent reference for researchers and advanced graduate students in the areas of nonlinear partial differential equations and nonlinear analysis. Titles in this series are co-published with International Press, Cambridge, MA.


Unitary Invariants in Multivariable Operator Theory

Unitary Invariants in Multivariable Operator Theory

Author: Gelu Popescu

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2009-06-05

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 0821843966

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This paper concerns unitary invariants for $n$-tuples $T:=(T_1,\ldots, T_n)$ of (not necessarily commuting) bounded linear operators on Hilbert spaces. The author introduces a notion of joint numerical radius and works out its basic properties. Multivariable versions of Berger's dilation theorem, Berger-Kato-Stampfli mapping theorem, and Schwarz's lemma from complex analysis are obtained. The author studies the joint (spatial) numerical range of $T$ in connection with several unitary invariants for $n$-tuples of operators such as: right joint spectrum, joint numerical radius, euclidean operator radius, and joint spectral radius. He also proves an analogue of Toeplitz-Hausdorff theorem on the convexity of the spatial numerical range of an operator on a Hilbert space, for the joint numerical range of operators in the noncommutative analytic Toeplitz algebra $F_n^\infty$.


Small Divisor Problem in the Theory of Three-Dimensional Water Gravity Waves

Small Divisor Problem in the Theory of Three-Dimensional Water Gravity Waves

Author: GŽrard Iooss

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2009-06-05

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0821843826

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The authors consider doubly-periodic travelling waves at the surface of an infinitely deep perfect fluid, only subjected to gravity $g$ and resulting from the nonlinear interaction of two simply periodic travelling waves making an angle $2\theta$ between them. Denoting by $\mu =gL/c^{2}$ the dimensionless bifurcation parameter ( $L$ is the wave length along the direction of the travelling wave and $c$ is the velocity of the wave), bifurcation occurs for $\mu = \cos \theta$. For non-resonant cases, we first give a large family of formal three-dimensional gravity travelling waves, in the form of an expansion in powers of the amplitudes of two basic travelling waves. ``Diamond waves'' are a particular case of such waves, when they are symmetric with respect to the direction of propagation. The main object of the paper is the proof of existence of such symmetric waves having the above mentioned asymptotic expansion. Due to the occurence of small divisors, the main difficulty is the inversion of the linearized operator at a non trivial point, for applying the Nash Moser theorem. This operator is the sum of a second order differentiation along a certain direction, and an integro-differential operator of first order, both depending periodically of coordinates. It is shown that for almost all angles $\theta$, the 3-dimensional travelling waves bifurcate for a set of ``good'' values of the bifurcation parameter having asymptotically a full measure near the bifurcation curve in the parameter plane $(\theta,\mu ).$


The Beltrami Equation

The Beltrami Equation

Author: Tadeusz Iwaniec

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 0821840452

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The measurable Riemann Mapping Theorem (or the existence theorem for quasiconformal mappings) has found a central role in a diverse variety of areas such as holomorphic dynamics, Teichmuller theory, low dimensional topology and geometry, and the planar theory of PDEs. Anticipating the needs of future researchers, the authors give an account of the state of the art as it pertains to this theorem, that is, to the existence and uniqueness theory of the planar Beltrami equation, and various properties of the solutions to this equation. The classical theory concerns itself with the uniformly elliptic case (quasiconformal mappings). Here the authors develop the theory in the more general framework of mappings of finite distortion and the associated degenerate elliptic equations.