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This article concerns the formation of finite-time singularities in solutions to quasilinear hyperbolic systems with small initial data. By constructing a special test function, we first present a simpler proof of the main result in…
In the paper [Li Jun, Xu Gang, Yin Huicheng, On the blowup mechanism of smooth solutions to 1D quasilinear strictly hyperbolic systems with large variational initial data, Nonlinearity 38 (2025), No.2, 025016], for the 1-D $n\times n$…
We consider the 2D isentropic compressible Euler equations, with pressure law $p(\rho) = (\sfrac{1}{\gamma}) \rho^\gamma$, with $\gamma >1$. We provide an elementary constructive proof of shock formation from smooth initial datum of finite…
We study the 2D isentropic Euler equations with the ideal gas law. We exhibit a set of smooth initial data that give rise to shock formation at a single point near the planar symmetry. These solutions are associated with non-zero vorticity…
From an open set of initial data, we construct a family of classical solutions to the 1D nonisentropic compressible Euler equations which form $C^{0,\nu}$ cusps as a first singularity, for any $\nu \in [1/2,1)$. For this range of $\nu$,…
In this paper, we show the shock formation to the compressible Euler equations with time-dependent damping $\frac{a\p u}{(1+t)^{\lam}}$ in three spatial dimensions without any symmetry conditions. It's well-known that for $\lam>1$, the…
We study the behavior of perturbations in a compressible one-dimensional inviscid gas with an ambient state consisting of constant pressure and periodically-varying density. We show through asymptotic analysis that long-wavelength…
We prove shock formation results for the compressible Euler equations and related systems of conservation laws in one space dimension, or three dimensions with spherical symmetry. We establish an $L^\infty$ bound for $C^1$ solutions of the…
We study the Cauchy problem for classical and weak shock-forming solutions to a model quasilinear wave equation in $1+1$ dimensions arising from a convenient choice of $C^{\infty}$ initial data, which allows us to solve the equation using…
In the previous paper [Ding Bingbing, Lu Yu, Yin Huicheng, On the critical exponent $p_c$ of the 3D quasilinear wave equation $-\big(1+(\partial_t\phi)^p\big)\partial_t^2\phi+\Delta\phi=0$ with short pulse initial data. I, global existence,…
A fundamental question in fluid dynamics concerns the formation of discontinuous shock waves from smooth initial data. We prove that from smooth initial data, smooth solutions to the 2d Euler equations in azimuthal symmetry form a first…
The purpose of this paper is to study the phenomenon of singularity formation in large data problems for classical solutions to the Cauchy problem of the relativistic Euler equations. The classical theory established by P. D. Lax in 1964…
By introducing a new averaged quantity with a fast decay weight to perform Sideris's argument (Commun Math Phys, 1985) developed for the Euler Equations, we extend the formation of singularities of classical solution to the 3D Euler…
A large class of solutions of the Einstein-conformal scalar equations in D=2+1 and D=3+1 is identified. They describe the collisions of asymptotic conformal scalar waves and are generated from Einstein-minimally coupled scalar spacetimes…
This paper concerns the construction and analysis of a new family of exact general relativistic shock waves. The construction resolves the open problem of determining the expanding waves created behind a shock-wave explosion into a static…
In this article, we provide notes that complement the lectures on the relativistic Euler equations and shocks that were given by the second author at the program Mathematical Perspectives of Gravitation Beyond the Vacuum Regime, which was…
The study on the shock formation and the regularities of the resulting shock surfaces for hyperbolic conservation laws is a basic problem in the nonlinear partial differential equations. In this paper, we are concerned with the shock…
For the 3D quasilinear wave equation $-\big(1+(\partial_t\phi)^p\big)\partial_t^2\phi+\Delta\phi=0$ with the short pulse initial data $(\phi,\partial_t\phi)(1,x)=\big(\delta^{2-\varepsilon_0}\phi_0(\frac{r-1}{\delta},\omega),…
We prove global well-posedness of the initial value problem for a class of variational quasilinear wave equations, in one spatial dimension, with initial data that is not-necessarily small. Key to our argument is a form of quasilinear null…
There are three categories of mathematical results concerning quiescent big bang singularities: the derivation of asymptotics in a symmetry class; the construction of spacetimes given initial data on the singularity; and the proof of big…