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The printed linear ordering is false for $z<c$. For example, $f(s)=-s^2/2$, $c=0$, $h(z)=-z$, $k_{-}=-3/4$, $k_{+}=-1/4$ satisfy the derivative hypothesis, but at $z=-1$ the printed lower bound would require $3/4\le 1/2$.

The correct inverse-flux quadratic bounds areIndeed $h(c)=0$ and $h(z)/2={\int }_c^z{h}^{\prime }(r)/2dr$; reversing the integration limits reverses the linear inequalities. Equivalently, for $z\ne c$, $k_{-}\le h(z)/(2(z-c))\le k_{+}$. Since $g(c)=0$ and $g^{\prime }=h$, integration once more gives the quadratic inequalities on both sides of $c$. A useful sign-independent consequence is $|h(z)|\le -2k_{-}|z-c|$.

Write $M=\Vert u_0{\Vert }_{L^1}$. Since $|U(0,y)|\le M$, choosing $y=x-ct$ gives $g((x-y)/t)=g(c)=0$ and ${\max }_y{G}_{t,x}(y)\ge -M$. At the maximizing foot $x_0$, the inverse-flux quadratic bounds giveCombining the two estimates and dividing by $-k_{+}>0$ givesThe last step uses $u=h((x-x_0)/t)$ and the sign-independent bound on $h$. This is square-root decay before characteristic crossing; it is proved only for $0<t<t^{\ast }$. No continuation past characteristic crossing or global-time smoothness is assumed. If $M=0$, the initial function and the solution vanish.

Under the inverse-flux quadratic bounds, smooth compactly supported data in a scalar conservation law satisfyAt the maximizing foot $x_0$, the maximum representation for a concave conservation law bounds $U$ below by $-\Vert u_0{\Vert }_1$ and above by $\Vert u_0{\Vert }_1+k_{+}(x-x_0-ct{)}^2/t$. This bounds the deviation of the characteristic speed from $c$; the linear inverse-flux bound then controls $u$. The time interval ends at the first characteristic crossing.