Global existence of solutions for a nonstrictly hyperbolic system (Q1724752)

Summary: We obtain the global existence of weak solutions for the Cauchy problem of the nonhomogeneous, resonant system. First, by using the technique given in [\textit{N. Tsuge}, J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 46, No. 3, 457--524 (2006; Zbl 1145.35080)], we obtain the uniformly bounded \(L^{\infty}\) estimates \(z(\rho^{\delta, \varepsilon}, u^{\delta, \varepsilon}) \leq B(x)\) and \(w(\rho^{\delta, \varepsilon}, u^{\delta, \varepsilon}) \leq \beta\) when \(a(x)\) is increasing (similarly, \(w(\rho^{\delta, \varepsilon}, u^{\delta, \varepsilon}) \leq B(x)\) and \(z(\rho^{\delta, \varepsilon}, u^{\delta, \varepsilon}) \leq \beta\) when \(a(x)\) is decreasing) for the \(\varepsilon\)-viscosity and \(\delta\)-flux approximation solutions of nonhomogeneous, resonant system without the restriction \(z_0(x) \leq 0\) or \(w_0(x) \leq 0\) as given in [\textit{C. Klingenberg} and \textit{Y.-g. Lu}, Commun. Math. Phys. 187, No. 2, 327--340 (1997; Zbl 0883.35074)], where \(z\) and \(w\) are Riemann invariants of nonhomogeneous, resonant system; \(B(x) > 0\) is a uniformly bounded function of \(x\) depending only on the function \(a(x)\) given in nonhomogeneous, resonant system, and \(\beta\) is the bound of \(B(x)\). Second, we use the compensated compactness theory, [\textit{F. Murat}, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa, Cl. Sci., IV. Ser. 5, 489--507 (1978; Zbl 0399.46022)] and [\textit{L. Tartar}, in: Nonlinear analysis and mechanics: Heriot-Watt Symposium, Vol. 4. London: Pitman. 136--212 (1979; Zbl 0437.35004)], to prove the convergence of the approximation solutions.