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- From: jhmiller@IASTATE.EDU (James H Miller)
- Subject: Hyperbolic Systems...(question)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.140847@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: jhmiller@IASTATE.EDU (James H Miller)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:08:47 GMT
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- Ok here it is......
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- First start with a system that is hyperbolic or at least quasi-hyperbolic.
- Such as...
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- [U] + [F] = [0] (1)
- t x
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- where [F] is (or has the property of being) homogeneous of degree one in [U].
- This means(I think..) that the above equation can be written as :
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- [U] + [A][U] = 0 (2)
- t x
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- Where [A] is given as d[F]/d[U] = [A].
- For the above system to be purely hyperbolic the eigenvalues of [A] must all
- be real and distinct. If the eigenvalues are repeated the system can be
- "hyperbolic" if a set of eigenvectors are linearly independent.
- Given this hyperbolic system of equations (or at least quasi-hyperbolic), I
- would like to show the following:
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- [R] + [A][R] = 0 (3)
- t x
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- where [R] is a square matrix whose columns consist of the right eigenvectors of
- [A].
- This type of equation comes about if one tries to manipulate the second
- equation into a form via the substitution: [R][w] = [U]
- Which gives:.....
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- ([R] + [A][R] ) [w] + [R][w] + [A][R][w] = [0] (4)
- t x t x
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- Then we get the result:
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- [w] + [R]^(-1)[A][R][w] = [0] (5)
- t x
- Or:
- \
- [w] + [ /\ ] [w] = [0]
- t x
- \
- where [/\] is a diagonal matrix having eigenvalues on its diagonal.
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- So the bottom line is can you show equation (3) equals zero.?
- An engineer's way around that is to say [R] is a constant :) but
- since this news group is a math mecca I was hoping to find a more sophiscated
- way!
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- Well, thanks in advance!
- P.S. I hope the tabs and spaces show up as I typed them....
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