Finite volume relaxation schemes for multidimensional conservation laws (Q2701550)

The authors investigate the convergence of numerical approximations based on relaxation systems of scalar multidimensional conservation laws. The mathematical analysis of those relaxation systems was achieved by \textit{M. A. Katsoulakis} and \textit{A. E. Tzavaras} [Commun. Partial Differ. Equations 22, No. 1-2, 195-233 (1997; Zbl 0884.35093)]. Here the authors consider a semi-discrete (i.e. discrete in space and continuous in time) approximation of the relaxation system, by means of a monotone finite volume scheme. The convergence to the entropy solution of the original conservation law is proved, with rate of convergence \(h^{1/4}\). A similar result is stated for the fully discrete scheme. The reader is referred to a forthcoming paper (same authors) for the proof.