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The propagation of weak discontinuities in quasi-linear hyperbolic systems when a characteristic shock occurs†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Andrea Donato
Andrea Donato
Affiliation:
Istituto di Matematica, Universita di Messina
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Synopsis

In this paper we study the propagation of weak discontinuities in quasi-linear hyperbolic systems of equations with discontinuous coefficients when one or more speeds of propagation o f the discontinuity wave is coincident with the speed of propagation of the strong discontinuity.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 78 , Issue 3-4 , 1978 , pp. 285 - 290
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1978

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Footnotes

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This work was supported by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche through the ‘Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica-Matematica’.

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