This volume provides a comprehensive treatment of central themes in the modern
mathematical theory of shock waves. Authored by leading scientists, the work
covers:
* the uniqueness of weak solutions to hyperbolic systems of conservation laws in
one space variable (Tai-Ping Liu)
* the multidimensional stability problem for shock fronts (Guy M, tivier)
* shock wave solutions of the Einstein-Euler equations of general relativity
(Joel Smoller and Blake Temple)
* fundamental properties of hyperbolic systems with relaxation (Wen-An Yong)
* the multidimensional stability problem for planar viscous shock waves (Kevin
Zumbrun)
The five articles, each self-contained and interrelated, combine the rigor of
mathematical analysis with