Hyperbolic systems with relaxation: Symmetrizers and entropies (Q4247630)

The authors consider the Cauchy problem for a linear constant-coefficient hyperbolic system \[ u_t+Au_x={1\over\delta}Bu, \qquad 0<\delta\ll 1 \tag{1} \] with a large relaxation term. Such system is called stiffly well posed if there is a bound of \(L_2\)-norm of the solution which is independent of the relaxation parameter~\(\delta\). One of sufficient conditions of stiff well-posedness is the existence of a constant symmetrizer \(H_0\) for \(A\) with an additional property \(H_0 B+B^T H_0\leq 0\). Such symmetrizer defines a strictly convex quadratic entropy for (1). The authors present physically relevant systems of the form (1) which are stiffly well posed, but no constant symmetrizer and no quadratic strictly convex entropy exists. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0911.00029].