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Relative entropy applied to shocks for Conservation Laws and applications

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October 18, 2013
MSRI
Keywords:
  • entropy
  • statistical mechanics and fluid mechanics
  • shocks, shockwaves
  • gas dynamics
  • statistical mechanics of gases
  • isentropic gases
  • polytropic gas
MSC:
  • 35-xx
  • 35Qxx
  • 35Q35
  • 35Q74
  • 35Q86
  • 35Q93
  • 76Dxx
  • 76D06
  • 76D07
  • 76D17
  • 76E19
  • 76M28
  • 76M23
  • 76N13
  • 76N25
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Abstract
We develop a theory based on relative entropy to study the stability and contraction properties of extremal shocks of conservation laws.
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