Transition from hyperbolicity to ellipticity for a p-system with viscosity

In this article we consider a viscous regularization of a p-system with a Van der Waals pressure law, which presents both hyperbolic and elliptic zones. Even if the purely hyperbolic Van der Walls system is strongly ill-posed, we prove that the solutions of the regularized equation exist and expe...

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Main Author: Marta Strani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2019-01-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2019/16/abstr.html
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Summary:In this article we consider a viscous regularization of a p-system with a Van der Waals pressure law, which presents both hyperbolic and elliptic zones. Even if the purely hyperbolic Van der Walls system is strongly ill-posed, we prove that the solutions of the regularized equation exist and experience a transition from ellipticity to hyperbolicity, i.e. solutions issued from initial data in the elliptic zone will enter the hyperbolic zone at some time T>0, and viceversa.
ISSN:1072-6691