The interaction of nonlinear hyperbolic waves

DOI10.1002/cpa.3160410505zbMath0635.35067OpenAlexW2046668072MaRDI 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 problemsnonlinearitieswave equationswave interactionsfocusingdefocusingwavefrontsMach triple point formationshock wave diffraction patterns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Shocks and singularities for hyperbolic equations (35L67) Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Second-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L70)

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