Relative entropy in hyperbolic relaxation. (English) Zbl 1098.35104

Tzavaras, Athanasios E.

Commun. Math. Sci. 3, No. 2, 119-132 (2005).

The author consideres the system of hyperbolic equations with the stiff relaxation term: \[ \partial_t U + \sum_\alpha{\partial_\alpha F_\alpha(U)} = \frac{1}{\varepsilon}R(U); \] the system is equipped by a set of conservation laws \(\partial_t PU + \sum_\alpha{\partial_\alpha PF_\alpha(U)}=0\) with non-singular matrix \(P\). The aim of the paper is to produce a relative entropy identity for this general relaxation system. This allows direct proof of convergence theorems.

Reviewer: Ilya A. Chernov (Petrozavodsk)

MSC:

35L65	Hyperbolic conservation laws
82C40	Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics
74D10	Nonlinear constitutive equations for materials with memory

Keywords:

relaxation limits; relative entropy