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The aim of these notes is to give a brief introduction to scalar conservation laws with a space-dependent flux function, where the spatial dependence of the flux can have discontinuities.
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Risebro, N.H. (2009). An Introduction to the Theory of Scalar Conservation Laws with Spatially Discontinuous Flux Functions. In: Quak, E., Soomere, T. (eds) Applied Wave Mathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00585-5_18
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