Stability of the Riemann solutions for a nonstrictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws (Q708663)

The authors investigate the stability of the Riemann solutions for a nonstrictly hyperbolic system of conservation laws under local small perturbations of the Riemann initial data. The proof is based on the detailed analysis of the interactions of delta shock waves with shock waves and rarefaction waves. During the interaction process of the delta shock wave with the rarefaction wave, a new kind of nonclassical wave, namely a delta contact discontinuity, is discovered here, which is a Dirac delta function supported on a contact discontinuity and has already appeared in the interaction process for the magnetohydrodynamics equations [\textit{M. Nedeljkov} and \textit{M. Oberguggenberger}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 344, No. 2, 1143--1157 (2008; Zbl 1155.35059)]. Moreover, the global structures and large time asymptotic behaviors of the solutions are constructed and analysed case by case.