Advances in the Theory of Shock Waves

ISBN-13: 9781461266556 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 520 str.

Heinrich Freistuhler; Anders Szepessy; T. -P Liu

Opis

In the field known as "the mathematical theory of shock waves," very exciting and unexpected developments have occurred in the last few years. Joel Smoller and Blake Temple have established classes of shock wave solutions to the Einstein- Euler equations of general relativity; indeed, the mathematical and physical con- sequences of these examples constitute a whole new area of research. The stability theory of "viscous" shock waves has received a new, geometric perspective due to the work of Kevin Zumbrun and collaborators, which offers a spectral approach to systems. Due to the intersection of point and essential spectrum, such an ap- proach had for a long time seemed out of reach. The stability problem for "in- viscid" shock waves has been given a novel, clear and concise treatment by Guy Metivier and coworkers through the use of paradifferential calculus. The L 1 semi- group theory for systems of conservation laws, itself still a recent development, has been considerably condensed by the introduction of new distance functionals through Tai-Ping Liu and collaborators; these functionals compare solutions to different data by direct reference to their wave structure. The fundamental prop- erties of systems with relaxation have found a systematic description through the papers of Wen-An Yong; for shock waves, this means a first general theorem on the existence of corresponding profiles. The five articles of this book reflect the above developments.

Spis treści

Preface * 'Well-Posedness Theory for a System of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws' / T.-P. LIU * 'Stability of Multidimensional Shocks' / G. METIVIER * 'Shock Wave Solutions of the Einstein Equations: A General Theory with Examples' / J. SMOLLER and B. TEMPLE * 'Basic Aspects of Hyperbolic Relaxation Systems' / W.-A. YONG * 'Multidimensional Stability of Planar Viscous Shock Waves' / K. ZUMBRUN

O autorze

Gathers recent insights in well posedness for conservation laws,
multidimensional shock stability, dissipation / relaxation phenomena,
and applications of shock wave theory to general relativity. Five self
-contained and interrelated articles, written by recognized experts in
the field, provide a survey of central themes in the modern
mathematical theory of shock waves. Combines the rigor of mathematical
analysis with attention to the physical origins and applications of
the field. Useful for graduate seminars or courses, or as a reference
text for mathematicians, physicists, and theoretically motivated
engineers.