Related papers: On an inverse problem for scalar conservation laws

The paper deals with scalar conservation laws having a flux discontinuity at $x=0$ without a weak solution that satisfies the classical Rankine--Hugoniot jump condition at $x=0$. We are using unbounded solutions in the form of shadow waves…

This paper concerns an inverse boundary value problem of recovering a zeroth order time-dependent term of a semi-linear wave equation on a globally hyperbolic Lorentzian manifold. We show that an unknown potential $q$ in the non-linear wave…

In this paper we consider the Schr{\"o}dinger equation with nonlinear derivative term. Our goal is to initiate the study of this equation with non vanishing boundary conditions. We obtain the local well posedness for the Cauchy problem on…

This paper discusses a connection between scalar convex conservation laws and Pontryagin's minimum principle. For flux functions for which an associated optimal control problem can be found, a minimum value solution of the conservation law…

We prove a uniqueness result for BV solutions of scalar conservation laws with discontinuous flux in several space dimensions. The proof is based on the notion of kinetic solution and on a careful analysis of the entropy dissipation along…

Scalar conservation laws in one space variable allow a Lagrangian (particle path) formulation. The Lagrangian trajectory in the infinite-dimensional group of diffeomorphisms on the physical space can be written as a system of conservation…

We consider the Cauchy problem on a nonlinear conversation law with large initial data. By Green's function methods, energy methods, Fourier analysis, frequency decomposition, pseudo-differential operators, we obtain the global existence…

We study the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg de Vries (KdV) equation with small dispersion and with monotonically increasing initial data using the Riemann-Hilbert (RH) approach. The solution of the Cauchy problem, in the zero dispersion…

We prove a uniqueness result for Nevanlinna functions. and this result is then used to give an elementary proof of the uniqueness in the inverse scattering problem for the equation $ u" + \frac{k^2}{c^2}u=0 $ on $\mathbb R$. Here $c$ is a…

We discuss different notions of continuous solutions to the balance law \[u_t + (f(u ))_x =g \] with $g$ bounded, $f\in C^{2}$, extending previous works relative to the flux $f(u)=u^{2}$. We establish the equivalence among distributional…

In this paper we establish well-posedness for scalar conservation laws on closed manifolds M endowed with a constant or a time-dependent Riemannian metric for initial values in L^\infty(M). In particular we show the existence and uniqueness…

In this paper we obtain necessary conditions and sufficient conditions on the initial data for the solvability of the Cauchy problem $$ \partial_t u+(-\Delta)^{\frac{\theta}{2}}u=u^p,\quad x\in{\bf R}^N,\,\,t>0, \qquad u(0)=\mu\ge…

We study the Cauchy problem for the fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation $$ i\partial_tu = (m^2-\Delta)^\frac\alpha2 u + F(u) in \mathbb{R}^{1+n}, $$ where $ n \ge 1$, $m \ge 0$, $1 < \alpha < 2$, and $F$ stands for the nonlinearity of…

We study existence, uniqueness, and distributional aspects of generalized solutions to the Cauchy problem for first-order symmetric (or Hermitian) hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations with Colombeau generalized functions as…

A stochastic and variational aspect of the Lax-Friedrichs scheme was applied to hyperbolic scalar conservation laws by Soga [arXiv: 1205.2167v1]. The results for the Lax-Friedrichs scheme are extended here to show its time-global stability,…

We consider entropy solutions to the initial value problem associated with scalar nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws posed on the two-dimensional sphere. We propose a finite volume scheme which relies on a web-like mesh made of segments…

In this paper we prove that if $u$ is a solution to second order hyperbolic equation $\partial^2_tu+a(x)\partial_tu-(div_x\left(A(x)\nabla_x u\right)+b(x)\cdot\nabla_x u+c(x)u)=0$ and $u$ is flat on a segment $\{x_0\}\times (-T,T)$ then $u$…

We consider the Cauchy problem and the source problem for normally hyperbolic operators on the Minkowski spacetime, and study the determination of solutions from their integrals along null geodesics. For the Cauchy problem, we give a new…

This paper investigates some properties of entropy solutions of hyperbolic conservation laws on a Riemannian manifold. First, we generalize the Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) property to manifolds, by deriving conditions on the flux of…

We study pathwise entropy solutions for scalar conservation laws with inhomogeneous fluxes and quasilinear multiplicative rough path dependence. This extends the previous work of Lions, Perthame and Souganidis who considered spatially…