Breakdown of a shallow water equation (Q1585461)

The author discusses the following two questions respecting the shallow water equations: 1. When does the shallow water flow breakdown? 2. How does the shallow water equation breakdown? To answer these questions he studies the 1D equation \(\partial v/\partial t+v(\partial v/\partial x)+\partial p/\partial x=0\) with ``pressure'' \(p(x)=(1/2)\int^\infty_{-\infty} e^{-|x-y|}(v^2+v'{}^2/2)dy\). The introductory part of the paper is very useful for the interested reader, where he can find a historical sketch of the problem, the obtained results, and relations to other fields of mathematics.