The interaction of nonlinear hyperbolic waves

DOI10.1002/cpa.3160410505zbMath0635.35067MaRDI QIDQ3774258

James G. Glimm

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpa.3160410505

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann problems; nonlinearities; wave equations; wave interactions; focusing; defocusing; wavefronts; Mach triple point formation; shock wave diffraction patterns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35B40: Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs

35L67: Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations

35B05: Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs

35L70: Second-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations

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