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arxiv: 1907.07044 · v1 · pith:HSWA5SZDnew · submitted 2019-07-16 · 🧮 math.AP

Limiting behavior of scaled general Euler equations of compressible fluid flow

Manas Ranjan Sahoo , Abhrojyoti Sen This is my paper

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keywords scaled Euler equationsRiemann initial datashock wavesrarefaction wavesdistributional limitlarge scale structureentropy admissibilitynon-strictly hyperbolic system
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When the initial data is Riemann type, solutions of the scaled generalized Euler equations converge distributionally to the solution of the non-strictly hyperbolic one-dimensional model for large-scale structure formation as the scaling参数r→

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The paper examines the vanishing-scaling limit of the generalized Euler equations of compressible flow. For Riemann-type initial data it constructs explicit solutions built from shock waves and rarefaction waves. These solutions are shown to converge in the sense of distributions to the solution of a non-strictly hyperbolic system that models one-dimensional large-scale structure formation in the universe. For the special Brio flux an explicit entropy-entropy flux pair is supplied and used to verify that the constructed solutions are entropy admissible.

Core claim

For Riemann initial data the scaled generalized Euler equations admit solutions composed of shocks and rarefactions whose distributional limit as the scaling parameter vanishes is the solution of the non-strictly hyperbolic one-dimensional model for large scale structure formation of the universe. An entropy-entropy flux pair is constructed for the Brio flux to establish admissibility.

What carries the argument

The family of shock-rarefaction solutions constructed for the scaled generalized Euler equations from Riemann data, taken in the distributional limit as the scaling parameter vanishes.

If this is right

  • Solutions of the non-strictly hyperbolic limit system exist and can be obtained as distributional limits of admissible solutions to the scaled system.
  • For the Brio flux the limit solutions satisfy the entropy condition by construction.
  • The explicit shock-rarefaction construction supplies a concrete approximation scheme for the limit system at small but positive scaling parameters.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same scaling-and-limit procedure may serve as a regularization device for other non-strictly hyperbolic systems arising in fluid models.
  • Numerical simulation of the scaled equations at successively smaller scaling values could provide quantitative checks on the rate of convergence.
  • The approach might be adapted to initial data beyond the Riemann class or to multi-dimensional versions of the limit model.

Load-bearing premise

The scaled generalized Euler equations admit solutions consisting of shock waves and rarefaction waves when the initial data is of Riemann type.

What would settle it

A direct calculation showing that the distributional limit of the constructed family fails to satisfy the equations of the one-dimensional large-scale structure model would falsify the convergence statement.

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The aim of this article is to study the limiting behavior of the solutions for the scaled generalized Euler equations of compressible fluid flow. When the initial data is of Riemann type, we showed the existence of solution which consists of shock waves and rarefaction waves and that the distributional limit of the solutions for this system converges to the solution of a non-strictly hyperbolic system, called one dimensional model for large scale structure formation of universe as the scaling parameter vanishes. An explicit entropy and entropy flux pair are also constructed for the particular flux function (Brio system) and it is shown that the solution constructed is entropy admissible. This is a continuation of our work[23].

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Summary. The manuscript studies the limiting behavior of solutions to the scaled generalized Euler equations of compressible fluid flow. For Riemann-type initial data, it asserts the existence of entropy-admissible solutions consisting of shock and rarefaction waves for each fixed scaling parameter, shows that the distributional limit as the scaling parameter vanishes is a solution of a non-strictly hyperbolic system (the one-dimensional model for large-scale structure formation of the universe), and constructs an explicit entropy-entropy flux pair for the Brio system to verify admissibility. The work is presented as a continuation of reference [23].

Significance. If the central claims are substantiated, the result would establish a rigorous singular limit connecting scaled compressible Euler systems to a simplified non-strictly hyperbolic model arising in cosmology. The explicit entropy construction for the Brio system is a concrete positive contribution that could be useful in related studies of admissibility for non-strictly hyperbolic systems.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract and introduction: the existence of solutions consisting of shock waves and rarefaction waves for the scaled generalized Euler system with Riemann initial data is asserted as the starting point for the distributional limit, yet no explicit construction (determination of intermediate states, verification that wave curves remain well-defined under the scaling, or solution of the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions) is supplied. This premise is load-bearing for the convergence statement.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and the positive assessment of the work's significance. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract and introduction: the existence of solutions consisting of shock waves and rarefaction waves for the scaled generalized Euler system with Riemann initial data is asserted as the starting point for the distributional limit, yet no explicit construction (determination of intermediate states, verification that wave curves remain well-defined under the scaling, or solution of the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions) is supplied. This premise is load-bearing for the convergence statement.

    Authors: We agree that the explicit construction of the Riemann solutions for each fixed scaling parameter is a load-bearing step that should be detailed rather than asserted. Although the construction is standard for strictly hyperbolic 2x2 systems and follows the same wave-curve geometry as in our prior work [23], the scaling modifies the characteristic speeds and therefore requires verification that the intermediate states remain well-defined and that the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions continue to hold. In the revised manuscript we will insert a new subsection (or short appendix) that (i) solves the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions explicitly for the scaled flux, (ii) determines the intermediate states for the given Riemann data, and (iii) confirms that the wave curves remain Lipschitz and do not degenerate under the scaling. This addition will make the subsequent distributional-limit argument self-contained. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Minor self-citation to prior work; central existence and limit claims presented as constructed in this paper.

full rationale

The abstract states that the authors show existence of entropy-admissible shock-rarefaction solutions for the scaled generalized Euler system with Riemann initial data, then establish distributional convergence of that family to the solution of an external non-strictly hyperbolic model as the scaling parameter vanishes. The single self-citation to [23] is noted as a continuation but is not invoked to justify the load-bearing existence step; the text asserts the construction occurs in the present work. No equations reduce a prediction to a fitted input by construction, no uniqueness theorem is imported from overlapping authors to forbid alternatives, and the target system is treated as an independent external benchmark. This yields only a minor self-citation that does not render the derivation circular.

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The central claim rests on the existence of Riemann solutions for the scaled system and on standard properties of distributional limits and entropy pairs in hyperbolic conservation laws; no free parameters or invented entities are visible from the abstract.

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  • domain assumption The scaled generalized Euler equations admit solutions consisting of shock waves and rarefaction waves for Riemann-type initial data
    This premise is required to define the family of solutions whose distributional limit is taken as the scaling parameter vanishes.

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