Scalar conservation laws with rough (stochastic) fluxes: the spatially dependent case (Q487685)

The authors study a scalar stochastic conservation law \(du+\operatorname{div}\mathbf A(x,u)\circ dW=0\) in \(\mathbb R^N\times(0,\infty)\) with an initial condition \(u=u^0\) on \(\mathbb R^N\times\{0\}\), where \(W\in C([0,\infty);\mathbb R)\), \(W(0)=0\) (i.e., a single path is considered) and \(\mathbf A\in C^2(\mathbb R^N\times\mathbb R;\mathbb R^N)\). Defining \(a_i=\mathbf A_{i,u}\) and \(b=\operatorname{div}_x\mathbf A\), it is further assumed that \(b(x,0)=0\) and \(\partial_ja_i\), \(\partial_ua_i\), \(\partial_jb\), \(\partial_ub\in L^\infty(\mathbb R^N\times\mathbb R)\). The authors define a so-called pathwise stochastic entropy solution to the equation in question and discuss the connections with the entropy solutions and the kinetic solutions. Then, the existence and uniqueness of pathwise stochastic entropy solutions in \(L^\infty((0,T);L^1(\mathbb R^N)\cap L^\infty(\mathbb R^N))\) are established for \(u^0\in L^1(\mathbb R^N)\cap L^\infty(\mathbb R^N)\), as well as the continuous dependence in the form of an \(L^1\)-contraction. Finally, general \(L^\infty\) and \(L^2\) bounds are proved.