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In the article a convergent numerical method for conservative solutions of the Hunter--Saxton equation is derived. The method is based on piecewise linear projections, followed by evolution along characteristics where the time step is…
We consider the numerical integration of the Hunter--Saxton equation, which models the propagation of weakly nonlinear orientation waves. For the equation, we present two weak forms and their Galerkin discretizations. The Galerkin schemes…
The Hunter-Saxton equation serves as a mathematical model for orientation waves in a nematic liquid crystal. The present paper discusses a modified variant of this equation, coming up in the study of critical points for the speed of…
The compact finite difference method is a powerful tool for discretizing conservation laws, owing to its inherent flexibility in developing high-resolution and highly stable schemes. In this paper, we propose a framework for the design of…
A convergent numerical method for $\alpha$-dissipative solutions of the Hunter-Saxton equation is derived. The method is based on applying a tailor-made projection operator to the initial data, and then solving exactly using the generalized…
We prove that the periodic initial value problem for the modified Hunter-Saxton equation is locally well-posed for continuously differentiable initial data. We also study the analytic regularity of this problem and prove a Cauchy-Kowalevski…
We establish the existence of conservative solutions of the initial value problem of the two-component Hunter--Saxton system on the line. Furthermore we investigate the stability of these solutions by constructing a Lipschitz metric.
We analyze stability of conservative solutions of the Cauchy problem on the line for the (integrated) Hunter-Saxton (HS) equation. Generically, the solutions of the HS equation develop singularities with steep gradients while preserving…
Nonconservative evolution problems describe irreversible processes and dissipative effects in a broad variety of phenomena. Such problems are often characterised by a conservative part, which can be modelled as a Hamiltonian term, and a…
Through a reciprocal transformation $\mathcal{T}_0$ induced by the conservation law $\partial_t(u_x^2) = \partial_x(2uu_x^2)$, the Hunter-Saxton (HS) equation $u_{xt} = 2uu_{2x} + u_x^2$ is shown to possess conserved densities involving…
Pseudospectral collocation methods and finite difference methods have been used for approximating an important family of soliton like solutions of the mKdV equation. These solutions present a structural instability which make difficult to…
In this paper, we investigate the modulational stability of periodic traveling waves in a local model for shallow water waves, which is an extended version of the Hunter-Saxton equation. We construct a family of small-amplitude periodic…
This article represents a first step towards understanding the well-posedness for the dispersive Hunter-Saxton equation. This problem arises in the study of nematic liquid crystals, and although the equation has formal similarities with the…
In this article, we study the continuous and discrete fractional persistence problem which looks for the persistence of properties of a given classical ($\alpha=1$) differential equation in the fractional case (here using fractional…
In this paper, we analyze a semi-discrete finite difference scheme for a conservation laws driven by a homogeneous multiplicative Levy noise. Thanks to BV estimates, we show a compact sequence of approximate solutions, generated by the…
We consider the conservative complex Swift-Hohenberg equation, which belongs to the family of nonlinear fourth-order dispersive Schr\"odinger equations. In contrast to the well-studied one-dimensional dissipative Swift-Hohenberg equation,…
Invariant finite-difference schemes are considered for one-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in mass Lagrangian coordinates for the cases of finite and infinite conductivity. For construction these schemes previously obtained…
We consider a one-dimensional Swift-Hohenberg equation coupled to a conservation law, where both equations contain additional dispersive terms breaking the reflection symmetry $x \mapsto -x$. This system exhibits a Turing instability and we…
The one-dimensional modified shallow water equations in Lagrangian coordinates are considered. It is shown the relationship between symmetries and conservation laws in Lagrangian coordinates, in mass Lagrangian variables, and Eulerian…
We present the multiplier method of constructing conservative finite difference schemes for ordinary and partial differential equations. Given a system of differential equations possessing conservation laws, our approach is based on…