Preprint 2016-009
On the structure of L∞-entropy solutions to scalar conservation laws in one-space dimension
Stefano Bianchini and Elio Marconi
Abstract:
We prove that if $u$ is the entropy solution
to a scalar conservation law in one space dimension,
then the entropy dissipation is a measure concentrated
on countably many Lipschitz curves.
This result is a consequence of a detailed analysis
of the structure of the characteristics.
In particular the characteristic curves
are segments outside a countably 1-rectifiable set,
and the left and right traces of the solution exist
in a $C^0$-sense up to the degeneracy
due to the segments where $f''=0$.
We prove also that the initial data
is taken in a suitably strong sense,
and we give some counterexamples
which show that these results are sharp.