GENERALIZED PLANE WAVE SOLUTION FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALAR CONSERVATION LAW

Changbo Yang (P. R. China) and Yuguang Xu (P. R. China)

Received December 16, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: generalized plane solution, rarefaction wave, shock, entropy condition.