Nonlinear algebraic analysis of delta shock wave solutions to Burgers' equation. (Q1880053): Difference between revisions

This paper uses an abstract algebraic analysis to study delta shock wave solutions to Burgers' equation. It uses three fundamental structures in order to define in a very general way a sheaf of differential algebras that contains within it most of the special cases that are encountered in the theory of generalized functions. By making a suitable choice of structures, Burgers' equation with a Dirac \(\delta\) measure as initial data is considered, and a generalized \(\delta\)-shock wave is constructed that forms an approximate solution that is self-similar to the initial data.