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Equadiff 2003 - International Conference on Differential Equations
July 22-26, 2003
LUC Diepenbeek
Hasselt, Belgium

Organizers
Freddy Dumortier (Chair, LUC Diepenbeek), Henk Broer (Univ. Groningen), Jean-Pierre Gossez (Univ. Libre Bruxelles), Jean Mawhin (Univ. Cath. Louvain-la-Neuve), Andre Vanderbauwhede (Univ. Gent), Sjoerd Verduyn Lunel (Univ. Leiden)

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The Riemann problem for a class of resonant nonlinear systems of balance laws
by
Paola Goatin
CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique
Coauthors: Philippe LeFloch

We solve the Riemann problem for a class of resonant hyperbolic systems of balance laws. The systems are not strictly hyperbolic and the solutions take their values in a neighborhood of a state where two characteristic speeds coincide. Our construction generalizes the ones given earlier by Isaacson and Temple for scalar equations and for conservative systems. The class of systems under consideration here includes, in particular, a model from continuum physics that describes the evolution of a fluid flow in a nozzle with discontinuous cross-section.

Date received: May 27, 2003

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