TY - JOUR T1 - Nonclassical Shocks and the Cauchy Problem for Nonconvex Conservation Laws JF - J. Differential Equations 151 (1999) 345-372 Y1 - 1999 A1 - Debora Amadori A1 - Paolo Baiti A1 - Philippe G. LeFloch A1 - Benedetto Piccoli AB - The Riemann problem for a conservation law with a nonconvex (cubic) flux can be solved in a class of admissible nonclassical solutions that may violate the Oleinik entropy condition but satisfy a single entropy inequality and a kinetic relation. We use such a nonclassical Riemann solver in a front tracking algorithm, and prove that the approximate solutions remain bounded in the total variation norm. The nonclassical shocks induce an increase of the total variation and, therefore, the classical measure of total variation must be modified accordingly. We prove that the front tracking scheme converges strongly to a weak solution satisfying the entropy inequality. PB - Elsevier UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/3312 U1 - 1018 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER -