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Overcompressive Shock Waves

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Nonlinear Evolution Equations That Change Type

Part of the book series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications ((IMA,volume 27))

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Overcompressive shock waves for nonstrictly hyperbolic conservation laws are stable in a sense different from that of the corresponding viscous traveling waves. We describe the difference and the reason for it.

Research supported in part by NSF grant DMS-847–03971, Army grant DAAL03–87-K-0063, and AFOSR-89–0203.

Research supported in part by NSF grant DMS-88–06731.

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Liu, TP., Xin, Z. (1990). Overcompressive Shock Waves. In: Keyfitz, B.L., Shearer, M. (eds) Nonlinear Evolution Equations That Change Type. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 27. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9049-7_11

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