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This problem was defined by Courant and Friedrichs (1948) in their famous book. A Riemann problem is an initial value problem for a system of conservation laws, such that the initial data is scale invariant. The conservation laws have hyperbolic character, and the invariance refers to the fact that there is no length or time scale in the initial data. Riemann’s (1860) theory of the shock tube is the quintessential example of the one-dimensional problem, while shock reflection, refraction and diffraction are examples of two-dimensional Riemann problems.
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Henderson, L.F. (1995). Volume IV: Shock Structure and Kinematics. Blast Waves and Detonations — An Introductory Survey. In: Brun, R., Dumitrescu, L.Z. (eds) Shock Waves @ Marseille IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79532-9_1
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