Contact discontinuities for 2-D isentropic Euler are unique in 1-D but wildly non-unique otherwise

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author Krupa, Sam G.
Székelyhidi Jr, László
author_facet Krupa, Sam G.
Székelyhidi Jr, László
contents We develop a general framework for studying non-uniqueness of the Riemann problem for the isentropic compressible Euler system in two spatial dimensions, and in this paper we present the most delicate result of our method: non-uniqueness of the contact discontinuity. Our approach is computational, and uses the pressure law as an additional degree of freedom. The stability of the contact discontinuities for this system is a major open problem (see Gui-Qiang Chen and Ya-Guang Wang [Nonlinear partial differential equations, volume 7 of Abel Symposia. Springer, Heidelberg, 2012.]). We find a smooth pressure law $p$, verifying the physically relevant condition $p'>0$, such that for the isentropic compressible Euler system with this pressure law, contact discontinuity initial data is wildly non-unique in the class of bounded, admissible weak solutions. This result resolves the question of uniqueness for contact discontinuity solutions in the compressible regime. Moreover, in the same regularity class in which we have non-uniqueness of the contact discontinuity, i.e. $L^\infty$, with no $BV$ regularity or self-similarity, we show that the classical contact discontinuity solution to the two-dimensional isentropic compressible Euler system is in fact unique in the class of bounded, admissible weak solutions if we restrict to 1-D solutions.
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spellingShingle Contact discontinuities for 2-D isentropic Euler are unique in 1-D but wildly non-unique otherwise
Krupa, Sam G.
Székelyhidi Jr, László
Analysis of PDEs
35L65 (Primary) 35A02, 35B30, 35L45, 35Q31, 76N15 (Secondary)
We develop a general framework for studying non-uniqueness of the Riemann problem for the isentropic compressible Euler system in two spatial dimensions, and in this paper we present the most delicate result of our method: non-uniqueness of the contact discontinuity. Our approach is computational, and uses the pressure law as an additional degree of freedom. The stability of the contact discontinuities for this system is a major open problem (see Gui-Qiang Chen and Ya-Guang Wang [Nonlinear partial differential equations, volume 7 of Abel Symposia. Springer, Heidelberg, 2012.]). We find a smooth pressure law $p$, verifying the physically relevant condition $p'>0$, such that for the isentropic compressible Euler system with this pressure law, contact discontinuity initial data is wildly non-unique in the class of bounded, admissible weak solutions. This result resolves the question of uniqueness for contact discontinuity solutions in the compressible regime. Moreover, in the same regularity class in which we have non-uniqueness of the contact discontinuity, i.e. $L^\infty$, with no $BV$ regularity or self-similarity, we show that the classical contact discontinuity solution to the two-dimensional isentropic compressible Euler system is in fact unique in the class of bounded, admissible weak solutions if we restrict to 1-D solutions.
title Contact discontinuities for 2-D isentropic Euler are unique in 1-D but wildly non-unique otherwise
topic Analysis of PDEs
35L65 (Primary) 35A02, 35B30, 35L45, 35Q31, 76N15 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11296