A boundary-value problem for cold plasma dynamics

2002/01/15 by Thomas H. Otway
Physics and Astronomy · Mathematics · #math-ph #math.AP #math.MP #msc:35M10

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published as J. Applied Math. 3(2003), No. 1, 17-33 · 18 pages, tcilatex

arxiv created 2002/01/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

A weak Guderley-Morawetz problem is formulated for a mixed elliptic-hyperbolic system that arises in models of wave propagation in cold plasma. Weak solutions are shown to exist in a weighted Hilbert space. This result extends work by Yamamoto.

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