Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We consider the pressureless Euler equations in one spatial dimension. These equations model the dynamics of particles on a line that interact only through perfectly inelastic collisions. The flow was first shown to be unique for given initial conditions by Huang and Wang, assuming the entropy and the strong initial continuity of energy conditions hold. In this paper, we prove an analogous uniqueness theorem using a Lagrangian interpretation. The key ingredients are showing that each solution satisfying the entropy condition and an initial kinetic energy bound has this particular type of Lagrangian interpretation and a monotonicity inequality involving conditional expectation.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Hynd, Ryan, Kim, Hwa Kil
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Mathematics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7221161605