Preprint 2001-006

Blowup in $L^{\infty}$ for a Class of Genuinely Nonlinear Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws

Abstract: We construct a class of 3×3 systems of conservation laws with all characteristic fields genuinely nonlinear, and we show the existence of entropy solutions for these that blow up in sup-norm in finite time. The solutions are constructed by considering wave patterns where infinitely many shock waves are produced in finite time. We also consider the role of entropies as a mechanism for preventing this type of singular behavior.

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Paolo Baiti <baiti@dimi.uniud.it>

Helge Kristian Jenssen <kjenssen@indiana.edu>

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<baiti@dimi.uniud.it> February 7 2001.