Abstract:
We consider the Riemann problem for a system of conservation
laws. For non-strictly hyperbolic in the sense of Petrovskii step-like
systems, a new method of constructing a solution is described. The
proposed method allows us to construct a unique solution to the Riemann
problem, which for each $t$ is a picewise smooth function of $x$ with
discontinuities of the first kind. Moreover, for the scalar conservation
law, the solution constructed by the proposed method coincides with the
known admissible solution.