Formulation and convergence of the finite volume method for conservation laws on spacetimes with boundary (Q2309510)

The authors study nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws posed on a differential \((n+1)\)-manifold with boundary referred to as a spacetime, and defined from a flux field of \(n\)-forms depending on a the unknown variable -- a class of equations proposed by the second author and \textit{B. Okutmustur} [Far East J. Math. Sci. (FJMS) 31, No. 1, 49--83 (2008; Zbl 1178.35250)]. The convergence of the finite volume method towards weak solutions satisfying some convenient entropy inequalities is proved. Under a natural global hyperbolicity condition on the flux field and the spacetime and by assuming that the spacetime admits a foliation by compact slices with boundary, an existence and uniqueness theory for the initial and boundary value problem are established. In addition, a contraction property in a geometrically natural \(L^1\)-type distance is shown.