Complete integrability of shock clustering and Burgers turbulence

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DOI10.1007/S00205-011-0461-8zbMATH Open1312.76054arXiv1102.2418OpenAlexW3101633084MaRDI QIDQ2276284FDOQ2276284


Authors: Govind Menon Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 November 2012

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider scalar conservation laws with convex flux and random initial data. The Hopf-Lax formula induces a deterministic evolution of the law of the initial data. In a recent article, we derived a kinetic theory and Lax equations to describe the evolution of the law under the assumption that the initial data is a spectrally negative Markov process. Here we show that: (i) the Lax equations are Hamiltonian and describe a principle of least action on the Markov group that is in analogy with geodesic flow on SO(N); (ii) the Lax equations are completely integrable and linearized via a loop-group factorization of operators; (iii) the associated zero-curvature equations can be solved via inverse scattering. Our results are rigorous for N-dimensional approximations of the Lax equations, and yield formulas for the limit Noinfty. The main observation is that the Lax equations are a Noinfty limit of a Markovian variant of the N-wave model. This allows us to introduce a variety of methods from the theory of integrable systems.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.2418




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