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In these notes, we present a simple introduction to the topic of a posteriori error estimation for nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws. This is a topic of great practical interest which has been receiving increasing attention from many researchers in recent years. On the other hand, the highly complex character of its mathematics often obscures the main ideas behind the technical manipulations. Aware of this unfortunate situation, we have written these notes in an attempt to emphasize the ideas and simplify, as much as possible, the presentation of the techniques.
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Cockburn, B. (1999). A Simple Introduction to Error Estimation for Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws. In: Ainsworth, M., Levesley, J., Marletta, M. (eds) The Graduate Student’s Guide to Numerical Analysis ’98. Springer Series in Computational Mathematics, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03972-4_1
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