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Math 6420 • PDE

Summer 2024 • Question 6

Consider the scalar conservation law,

\[ u_t+\left (\frac 12 u^2\right )_x=0\quad \text {in } \mathbb {R}\times (0,\infty ). \]

Find the entropy satisfying weak solution for the initial data, \[ u(x,0)= \begin {cases} 0, & x<0\text { or }x>1,\\ 1-x, & 0<x<1. \end {cases} \]

Make a drawing of the characteristics in the \((x, t)\)-plane including any shocks and rarefactions.

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Consider the scalar conservation law,

\[
u_t+\left(\frac12 u^2\right)_x=0\quad\text{in } \mathbb{R}\times(0,\infty).
\]

Find the entropy satisfying weak solution for the initial data,
\[
u(x,0)=
\begin{cases}
0, & x<0\text{ or }x>1,\\
1-x, & 0<x<1.
\end{cases}
\]

Make a drawing of the characteristics in the \((x, t)\)-plane including any shocks
and rarefactions.