scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1302225
A first order quasilinear hyperbolic system of balance laws with a convex extension is considered. By using the main field components the original system assumes a special form of a symmetric hyperbolic system: then it is possible to obtain several properties of the solutions. This kind of problem has been studied by many authors [see for example: \textit{P. D. Lax} and \textit{K. O. Friedrichs}, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 68, 1686-1688 (1971; Zbl 0229.35061), \textit{S. K. Godunov}, Sov. Math. 2, 947-949 (1961; Zbl 0125.06002), \textit{G. Boillat} C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. A 278, 909-912 (1974; Zbl 0279.35058), \textit{R. Ruggeri} and \textit{A. Strumia}, Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré, Nouv. Ser., Sect. A 34, 65-84 (1981; Zbl 0473.76126)]. This paper is devoted to give a short survey of these results focusing the attention to the shock and discontinuity waves. In particular, the possibility to test the nonlinear stability of solutions is taken into accouut. The idea consists in considering a regular solution of the system then studying the stability using as perturbation a discontinuity wave. In this framework, some theorems are proved and, in the last section of the paper, an example regarding propagation in a gravitational atmosphere is given. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0899.00042].
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