On k-wave solutions of quasilinear systems of partial differential equations

Autor: Alfred Michel Grundland
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
Předmět:
Zdroj: Open Communications in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, Vol Special Issue in Memory of... (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2802-9356
DOI: 10.46298/ocnmp.11341
Popis: In this paper, we establish a relation between two seemingly unrelated concepts for solving first-order hyperbolic quasilinear systems of partial differential equations in many dimensions. These concepts are based on a variant of the conditional symmetry method and on the generalized method of characteristics. We present the outline of recent results on multiple Riemann wave solutions of these systems. An auxiliary result concerning a modification of the Frobenius theorem for integration is used. We apply this result in order to show that the conditional symmetry method can deliver larger classes of multiple Riemann wave solutions, through a simpler procedure, than the one obtained from the generalized method of characteristics. We demonstrate that solutions can be interpreted physically as a superposition of k single waves. These theoretical considerations are illustrated by examples of hydrodynamic-type systems in (n+1) dimensions.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals