Simple waves do not avoid eigenvalue crossings

Lyuba Chumakova, Esteban G. Tabak

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Abstract

General one-parameter families of matrices avoid eigenvalue crossings. It is shown that the matrices associated with the simple waves of nonlinear systems of conservation laws do not obey this rule: a subset of simple waves with nonzero measure has crossing eigenvalues.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)119-132
Number of pages14
JournalCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume63
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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