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We deal with the Cauchy problem for multi-dimensional scalar conservation laws, where the fluxes and the source terms can be discontinuous functions of the unknown. The main novelty of the paper is the introduction of a~kinetic formulation…
We consider conservation laws with discontinuous flux where the initial datum, the flux function, and the discontinuous spatial dependency coefficient are subject to randomness. We establish a notion of random adapted entropy solutions to…
We prove the stability with respect to the flux of solutions to initial-boundary value problems for scalar non-autonomous conservation laws in one space dimension. Key estimates are obtained through a careful construction of the solutions.
We study the BGK approximation to first-order scalar conservation laws with a flux which is discontinuous in the space variable. We show that the Cauchy Problem for the BGK approximation is well-posed and that, as the relaxation parameter…
In this article, we consider scalar conservation laws with fluxes having spatial discontinuities and possible flat regions and study the following three aspects: (i) existence, (ii) uniqueness and (iii) BV regularity of solutions. We…
This article deals with the regularity of the entropy solutions of scalar conservation laws with discontinuous flux. It is well-known [Adimurthi et al., Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 2011] that the entropy solution for such equation does not admit…
We study the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for scalar conservation laws with discontinuous, non-degenerate fluxes. Locally, the fluxes are piecewise smooth across interfaces described by a Heaviside-type discontinuity, with left and…
Finite volume methods are proposed for computing approximate pathwise entropy/kinetic solutions to conservation laws with a rough path dependent flux function. For a convex flux, it is demonstrated that rough path oscillations may lead to…
We study a class of nonlinear nonlocal conservation laws with discontinuous flux, modeling crowd dynamics and traffic flow, without any additional conditions on finiteness/discreteness of the set of discontinuities or on the monotonicity of…
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 note, we study the $L^1-$contractive property of the solutions the scalar conservation laws, got by the method of Lax-{O}le\u{\i}nik. First, it is proved when f is merely convex and the initial data is in $L^{\infty}(\mathbb{R})$.…
We consider nonsmooth optimal control problems subject to a linear elliptic partial differential equation with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is well-known that local solutions satisfy the celebrated Pontryagin maximum…
An "exact" method for scalar one-dimensional hyperbolic conservation laws is presented. The approach is based on the evolution of shock particles, separated by local similarity solutions. The numerical solution is defined everywhere, and is…
We consider the problem of existence of entropy weak solutions to scalar balance laws with a dissipative source term. The flux function may be discontinuous with respect both to the space variable x and the unknown quantity u. The problem…
We consider finite-entropy solutions of scalar conservation laws $u_t +a(u)_x =0$, that is, bounded weak solutions whose entropy productions are locally finite Radon measures. Under the assumptions that the flux function $a$ is strictly…
We prove the convergence of the explicit-in-time Finite Volume method with monotone fluxes for the approximation of scalar first-order conservation laws with multiplicative, compactly supported noise.
We address Newton-type problems of minimal resistance from an optimal control perspective. It is proven that for Newton-type problems the Pontryagin maximum principle is a necessary and sufficient condition. Solutions are then computed for…
We prove a Noether-type symmetry theorem for invariant optimal control problems with unrestricted controls. The result establishes weak conservation laws along all the minimizers of the problems, including those minimizers which do not…
In this paper, we focus on a method based on optimal control to address the optimization problem. The objective is to find the optimal solution that minimizes the objective function. We transform the optimization problem into optimal…
We consider bounded entropy solutions to the scalar conservation law in one space dimension: \begin{equation*} u_t+f(u)_x=0. \end{equation*} We quantify the regularizing effect of the non linearity of the flux $f$ on the solution $u$ in…