Measure-theoretic analysis and nonlinear conservation laws

Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 841-879

  Chen, Gui Qiang ^a   Torres, Monica ^b   Ziemer, William P ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axioms for continuum thermodynamics; Balance laws; Blow up; Cauchy fluxes; Compactness; Compensated compactness; Conservation laws; Divergence measure fields; Entropy solutions; Field equations; Gauss Green formula; Geometric measures; Measure theoretic analysis; Normal traces; Oriented surfaces; Scaling; Sets of finite perimeter; Young measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863011232     PISSN: 15588599     EISSN: 15588602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/PAMQ.2007.v3.n3.a9     Document Type: Article

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