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Mathematics Taught Course Centre Michaelmas Term October – December 2011 Monday 10:00-12:00 By Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen Lecture- 1: 10 October, 2011 Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations Nonlinear Theory
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Page 1: Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations Nonlinear Theorypeople.maths.ox.ac.uk/chengq/teach/tcc11/LectureN1.pdf · 2011-10-10 · Analysis, Mechanics, Mathematical Physics, Differential

Mathematics Taught Course Centre Michaelmas Term October – December 2011 Monday 10:00-12:00 By Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen Lecture- 1: 10 October, 2011

Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations Nonlinear Theory

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Theory of Hyperbolic PDE

is a large subject, which has close connections with the other areas of mathematics including

Analysis, Mechanics, Mathematical Physics, Differential Geometry/Topology, …

Besides its mathematical importance, it has a wide range of applications in

Engineering, Physics, Biology, Economics, …

• An introduction to most facets of the nonlinear theory • No previous knowledge of hyperbolic PDE is assumed • However, some familiarity with linear PDE theory, analysis, and algebra is desirable.

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Topics: 1. Introduction: Conservation laws, Euler equations; Connections with Einstein equations, calculus of variations, differential geometry, …; Hyperbolic systems, prototypes; Basic features and phenomena; ... 2. One-Dimensional Theory: Riemann problem, Cauchy problem; Elementary waves: shock waves, rarefaction waves, contact discontinuities; Lax entropy conditions; Glimm scheme, front-tracking, BV solutions; Compensated compactness, entropy analysis, L-p solutions; Vanishing viscosity methods; Uniqueness and continuous dependence; ... 3. Multidimensional Theory: Basic features/phenomena (re-visit); Important models; Steady problems; Self-similar problems; Discontinuities and free boundary problems; Stability of shock waves, rarefaction waves, vortex sheets, entropy waves; Divergence-measure fields; ... 4. Further Connections and Applications

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References:::

1. R. Courant and D. Hilbert: Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. II. Reprint of the 1962 original. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York, 1989.

2. C. M. Dafermos: Hyperbolic Conservation Laws in Continuum Physics, Third edition. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 2010.

3. L. C. Evans: Partial Differential Equations, Second edition. AMS: Providence, RI, 2010.

4. L. Hormander: Lectures on Nonlinear Hyperbolic Differential Equations Springer-Verlag: Berlin-Heidelberg, 1997

5. P. D. Lax: Hyperbolic Differential Equations, AMS: Providence, 2000

6. A. Bressan, G.-Q. Chen, M. Lewicka, D. Wang: Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Applications, IMA Volume 153, Springer: New York, 2011.

7. D. Serre, Systems of Conservation Laws, Vols. I, II, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1999, 2000.

8. C. D. Sogge, Lectures on Nonlinear Wave Equations, Second edition. International Press, Boston, MA, 2008.

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