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The authors consider generalized solutions of the nonlinear Hopf equation \[ u_t+\tfrac 12 (u^2)_x=0,\quad u|_{t=0}=H^0(x)+\theta(x-\varphi^0)A^0(x), \] where \(H^0\) and \(A^0\) are \(C^\infty\) functions of the variable \(x\), \(\varphi^0\) is a constant and \(\theta\) is the Heaviside function. This generalized solution is of the form \[ u(x,t)=H(x,t)+\theta (x-\varphi(t))A(x,t). \] An expansion of \(H(\cdot,t)\) and \(A(\cdot,t)\) in terms of Taylor series in \(x-\varphi(t)\) (with coefficient functions depending on \(t\)) and truncation of the Taylor series leads to systems of ordinary differential equations in the variable \(t\). If these ``truncated solutions'' for the Taylor series up to order \(M\) are denoted by \(u_M\), then it is shown that for small times \(t\) the solutions \(u_M\) tend to a solution \(u\) for the nonlinear Hopf equation as \(M\to\infty\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0918.00026].