A Method of Characteristics for Some Systems of Conservation Laws
This paper deals with \(n\times n\) systems of conservation laws \[ u_t+ f(u)_x= 0,\quad t>0,\quad u(x,0)= u_0(x) \] which belong to the Temple class. Examples of such systems arise in the study of nonlinear motion in elastic strings, or multicomponent chromatography. From a mathematical point of view, the main interest of Temple systems is that no secondary waves can be generated by interaction. The aim of this paper is to give integration formulas; the main result can be stated as follows: For a general \(2\times 2\) system of the Temple class, if two characteristics issued from two given points of the real axis happen to intersect, then the location of the intersection can be computed by a quadrature of the initial data and the inversion of a linear system. This method is valid for piecewise smooth solutions and can therefore be used after the formation of shocks. A generalized Lax formula in term of saddle points is discussed.
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