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We present solutions for the self-similar propagation of a shock wave in a hydrostatic, adiabatic medium with a point mass gravitational field. In contrast to the well-known, Sedov-Taylor blastwave, these solutions apply to the case when…

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We study the behavior of nonlinear waves in a two-dimensional medium with density and stress relation that vary periodically in space. Efficient approximate Riemann solvers are developed for the corresponding variable-coefficient…

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The aim of this note is to present the recent results in [Buckmaster, Cao-Labora, G\'omez-Serrano, arXiv:2208.09445, 2022], concerning the existence of "imploding singularities" for the 3D isentropic compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes…

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We consider the solutions of the Guderley problem, consisting of a converging and diverging hydrodynamic shock wave in an ideal gas with a power law initial density profile. The self-similar solutions, and specifically the reflected shock…

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A fundamental open problem in the theory of the multidimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations is whether smooth solutions can develop singularities in finite time. For constant viscosity coefficients, recent remarkable results show…

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We construct solutions of Schr\"odinger equations which are asymptotically self-similar solutions as time goes to infinity. Also included are situations with two bubbles. These solutions are global, with non-zero $L^2$ norms, and are…

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We study the blast generated by sudden localized release of energy in a cold gas. Specifically, we consider one-dimensional hard-rod gas and two-dimensional hard disc gas. For this problem, the Taylor-von Neumann-Sedov (TvNS) solution of…

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The stability analysis of self-similar solutions is an important approach to confirm whether they act as an attractor in general non-self-similar gravitational collapse. Assuming that the collapsing matter is a perfect fluid with the…

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Self-similar solutions of the coherent diffusion equation are derived and measured. The set of real similarity solutions is generalized by the introduction of a nonuniform phase surface, based on the elegant Gaussian modes of optical…

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We consider the self-dual Chern-Simons-Schr\"odinger equation (CSS). CSS is $L^{2}$-critical, admits solitons, and has the pseudoconformal symmetry. In this work, we consider pseudoconformal blow-up solutions under $m$-equivariance,…

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We develop a theory of self-similar solutions to the critical surface quasi-geostrophic equations. We construct self-similar solutions for arbitrarily large data in various regularity classes and demonstrate, in the small data regime,…

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We revisit the first type self-similar solutions for ultrarelativistic shock waves produced by explosions propagating into cold external medium whose density profile decreases with radius as $\rho\propto r^{-k}$. The first type solutions…

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We consider the blow-up problem for discretized scale-invariant nonlinear dissipative wave equations. It is known that the critical exponents for undiscretized equations (continuous equations) are given by Fujita and Strauss exponents…

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In this paper, power series solutions for strong spherical shocks of time dependent variable energy propagating in a two-phase gas-particle medium are presented taking into consideration the power series solution technique (Sakurai in J…

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