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# On the structure of L∞-entropy solutions to scalar conservation laws in one-space dimension

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.

Paper:
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Author(s):
Stefano Bianchini
Elio Marconi
Submitted by:
; 2016-08-09.