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Hyperbolicity, entropies, shock waves

Denis Serre ; translated by I.N. Sneddon

(Systems of conservation laws / Denis Serre, 1)

Cambridge University Press, 1999

  • : hbk

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Hyperbolicité, entropies, ondes de choc

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Originally published in French under the title: Systèmes de lois de conservation 1: hyperbolicité, entropies, ondes de choc, by Diderot, c1996

Bibliography: p. 255-260

Includes Index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Systems of conservation laws arise naturally in physics and chemistry. To understand them and their consequences (shock waves, finite velocity wave propagation) properly in mathematical terms requires, however, knowledge of a broad range of topics. This book sets up the foundations of the modern theory of conservation laws, describing the physical models and mathematical methods, leading to the Glimm scheme. Building on this the author then takes the reader to the current state of knowledge in the subject. The maximum principle is considered from the viewpoint of numerical schemes and also in terms of viscous approximation. Small waves are studied using geometrical optics methods. Finally, the initial-boundary problem is considered in depth. Throughout, the presentation is reasonably self-contained, with large numbers of exercises and full discussion of all the ideas. This will make it ideal as a text for graduate courses in the area of partial differential equations.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Some models
  • 2. Scalar equations in dimension d = 1
  • 3. Linear and quasi-linear systems
  • 4. Dimension d = 1, the Riemann problem
  • 5. Glimm's method
  • 6. Second order perturbations
  • 7. Viscosity profiles of shock waves
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA41754516
  • ISBN
    • 0521582334
  • LCCN
    98036136
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxii, 263 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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