Nonexistence of smooth electromagnetic fields in nonlinear dielectrics: Shock development in a half-space

DOI10.1016/0022-247X(86)90056-9zbMath0603.35063MaRDI QIDQ1082541

Frederick Bloom

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-247x(86)90056-9

zbMATH Keywords

unbounded domain; electromagnetic wave; Computational aspects; shock conditions; nonlinear dielectric substance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35B40: Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs

35L65: Hyperbolic conservation laws

78A25: Electromagnetic theory (general)

35Q99: Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application

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