Diffusion limit of a hyperbolic system with relaxation

Shi Jin, Hailiang Liu
1998 Methods and Applications of Analysis  
In this paper, we introduce a diffusive scaling to a hyperbolic system with relaxation and prove that, under such a scaling, the solution converges to that of a nonlinear convection-diffusion equation. Using energy estimates, such a limit is justified with the initial data prescribed around a traveling wave solution of the relaxation system.
doi:10.4310/maa.1998.v5.n3.a6 fatcat:7zv4krfdnvgfbgkkbj7zyrdoau