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Formation and construction of shock forp-system

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The paper concerns the formation and construction of shocks. The process of transform from a smooth solution to a shock is precisely described. Meanwhile, the singularity structure and estimates of solutions near the starting point of the shock are also obtained

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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Fudan University, 200433, Shanghai, China

    Shuxing Chen & Liming Dong

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Chen, S., Dong, L. Formation and construction of shock forp-system. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 44, 1139–1147 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877431

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