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In this section, we present the general form of systems of conservation laws in several space variables and we give some important examples of such systems that arise in continuum physics.
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Godlewski, E., Raviart, PA. (1996). Introduction. In: Numerical Approximation of Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 118. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0713-9_1
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