Relative entropy in diffusive relaxation

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Abstract: We establish convergence in the diffusive limit from entropy weak solutions of the equations of compressible gas dynamics with friction to the porous media equation away from vacuum. The result is based on a Lyapunov type of functional provided by a calculation of the relative entropy. The relative entropy method is also employed to establish convergence from entropic weak solutions of viscoelasticity with memory to the system of viscoelasticity of the rate-type.


The authors consider the system of isentropic gas dynamics with friction and the diffusive limit of it, being a single porous media equation for the density. Weak entropy solutions of this system are compared directly to a smooth solutions of the limit equation using a relative entropy analysis of the Lyapunov type. This provides a convergence to solutions of the equation that stay away from vacuum. The rate of convergence is estimated. The method is applied also to other types of systems, including the \(p\)-system with damping and viscoelasticity of the memory type.




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