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On Self-Similar Converging Shock Waves
Juhi Jang1,2, Jiaqi Liu1, Matthew Schrecker3
1Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA.
Abstract:
In this paper, we rigorously prove the existence of self-similar converging shock wave solutions for the non-isentropic Euler equations for . These solutions are analytic away from the shock interface before collapse, and the shock wave reaches the origin at the time of collapse. The region behind the shock undergoes a sonic degeneracy, which causes numerous difficulties for smoothness of the flow and the analytic construction of the solution. The proof is based on continuity arguments, nonlinear invariances, and barrier functions.
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