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Transport of a Dirac point mass (u(x,t)=δ0​(x−ct))

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Mathematics Area of mathematics Analysis Partial differential equation Transport equation Linear transport equation
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For the constant-velocity linear transport equation ut​+c⋅∇x​u=0, a Dirac delta distribution initially at zero moves along x=ct. Its spacetime distribution pairs by ⟨u,φ⟩=∫φ(ct,t)dt, and its initial trace is obtained by weak convergence of distributions. The Fourier representation of the Dirac delta function writes it as an oscillatory integral with phase function (x−ct)⋅θ. Its singular support is precisely the trajectory; it has order-zero distribution regularity as a measure, without becoming a smooth function.

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