Propagation of singularities for solutions of nonlinear first order partial differential equations (Q1599486): Difference between revisions

This paper deals with new techniques to analyse the singular set of weak solutions to the nonlinear first order PDE of the form \(F(x,u,Du)=0\). The solution \(u(x)\) is supposed to be semiconcave (i.e. \(u\) can be locally represented as a concave function plus a quadratic polynomial) and \(F(x,u,p)\) is a nonlinear convex function with respect to \(p\). The points of discontinuity of \(Du(x)\) are called singularities of \(u(x)\). The corresponding singular set of \(u\) is denoted by \(\Sigma(u)\). A singularity of \(u\) at the point \(x_0\) propagates if the connected component of \(\Sigma(u)\) containing \(x_0\) does not reduce to the singleton \(\{x_0\}\). The main objective achieved here is a classification of the singularities of \(u\) that propagate along Lipschitz arcs.