Systems of Conservation Laws Two-Dimensional Riemann Problems

This work should serve as an introductory text for graduate students and researchers working in the important area of partial differential equations with a focus on problems involving conservation laws. The only requisite for the reader is a knowledge of the elementary theory of partial differential equations. Key features of this work include: * broad range of topics, from the classical treatment to recent results, dealing with solutions to 2D compressible Euler equations * good review of basic concepts (1-D Riemann problems) * concrete solutions presented, with many examples, over 100 illustrations, open problems, and numerical schemes * numerous exercises, comprehensive bibliography and index * appeal to a wide audience of applied mathematicians, graduate students, physicists, and engineers Written in a clear, accessible style, the book emphasizes more recent results that will prepare readers to meet modern challenges in the subject, that is, to carry out theoretical, numerical, and asymptotical analysis. TOC:see attached for complete TOC

1 Problems.- 1.0 Outline.- 1.1 Some models.- 1.2 Basic problems.- 1.3 Some solutions.- 1.4 von Neumann paradoxes.- 1.5 End notes.- I Basics in One Dimension.- 2 One-dimensional Scalar Equations.- 3 Riemann Problems.- 4 Cauchy Problems.- II Two Dimensional Theory.- 5 A 2-D Scalar Riemann Problem.- 6 The 2-D Riemann problem and Pseudo-Characteristics.- 7 Axisymmetric and Self-similar Solutions.- 8 Plausible Structures for 2-D Euler Systems.- 9 The Pressure-Gradient Equations of the Euler Systems.- 10 The Convective Systems of the Euler Systems.- 11 The Two-dimensional Burgers Equations.- III Numerical schemes.- 12 Numerical Approaches.- List of Symbols.