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Regularity and large time behaviour of solutions of a conservation law without convexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

C. M. Dafermos
C. M. Dafermos
Affiliation:
Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

Using the method of generalized characteristics, we discuss the regularity and large time behaviour of admissible weak solutions of a single conservation law, in one space variable, with one inflection point.

We show that when the initial data are C∞ then, generically, the solution is C∞ except: (a) on a finite set of C∞ arcs across which it experiences jump discontinuities (genuine shocks or left contact discontinuities); (b) on a finite set of straight line characteristic segments across which its derivatives of order m, m = 1, 2,…, experience jump discontinuities (weak waves of order m); and (c) on the finite set of points of interaction of shocks and weak waves. Weak waves of order 1 are triggered by rays grazing upon contact discontinuities. Weak waves of order m, m ≥ 2, are generated by the collision of a weak wave of order m − 1 with a left contact discontinuity.

We establish sharp decay rates for solutions with initial data of the following types: (a) with bounded primitive; (b) with primitive having sublinear growth; (c) in L1; (d) of compact support; and (e) periodic.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 99 , Issue 3-4 , 1985 , pp. 201 - 239
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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