Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2010/ii/paper-1/30e/c/solution

Write and . Splitting the test-function integral along and integrating by parts gives a remaining interface contribution
For example the normal to the interface in coordinates is proportional to , so the jump in the conserved spacetime flux has normal component . Since the traces of the test function are arbitrary, the interior weak equation holds if and only if . At a genuine jump , this is
This is the Rankine-Hugoniot condition. An initial-value weak formulation also requires the prescribed initial trace; the jump condition alone concerns the interior equation. The source's reference to “(1)” is to the displayed Burgers equation, not a different PDE.

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