Hyperbolic boundary value problems for symmetric systems with variable multiplicities (Q1772318)

The authors analyse stability of the hyperbolic initial-boundary-value and shock problems to a class of systems with characteristics of variable multiplicity, for which Majda's block structure condition does not hold. The authors extend the construction of Kreiss symmetrizers to the case of such systems and apply this new tool to the problem of nonlinear stability of shock waves in magnetohydrodynamics. Possible extensions to the viscous case are also discussed.