Nonlinear algebraic analysis of delta shock wave solutions to Burgers' equation. (Q1880053)

This paper uses an abstract algebraic analysis to study delta shock wave solutions to Burgers' equation. It uses three fundamental structures in order to define in a very general way a sheaf of differential algebras that contains within it most of the special cases that are encountered in the theory of generalized functions. By making a suitable choice of structures, Burgers' equation with a Dirac \(\delta\) measure as initial data is considered, and a generalized \(\delta\)-shock wave is constructed that forms an approximate solution that is self-similar to the initial data.