For a scalar equation with strictly convex flux and states , the Rankine-Hugoniot condition determines a discontinuity speed strictly between the right and left characteristic speeds. Characteristic curves enter this compressive discontinuity from both sides. Its entropy flux for a scalar conservation law inequalities make it an entropy solution. It is the limit of a phase-normalized decreasing travelling wave in the vanishing viscosity approximation.
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