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Non-uniqueness of admissible weak solutions to the two-dimensional barotropic compressible Euler system with contact discontinuities

Analysis of PDEs 2026-03-26 v1

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the Riemann problem for the two-dimensional barotropic compressible Euler system with a general strictly increasing pressure law. By means of convex integration, the existence of infinitely many admissible weak solutions is established for certain Riemann initial data for which the corresponding one-dimensional self-similar solution consists solely of a contact discontinuity.

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@article{arxiv.2603.23921,
  title  = {Non-uniqueness of admissible weak solutions to the two-dimensional barotropic compressible Euler system with contact discontinuities},
  author = {Kotaro Horimoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.23921},
  year   = {2026}
}