Vanishing viscosity limit for hyperbolic system of Temple class in 1-d with nonlinear viscosity

Abstract

We consider hyperbolic system with nonlinear viscosity such that the viscosity matrix $B(u)$ is commutating with $A(u)$ the matrix associated to the convective term. The drift matrix is assumed to be Temple class. First, we prove the global existence of smooth solutions for initial data with small total variation. We show that the solution to the parabolic equation converges to a semi-group solution of the hyperbolic system as viscosity goes to zero. Furthermore, we prove that the zero diffusion limit coincides with the one obtained in [Bianchini and Bressan, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 2000].