Singularities in one-dimensional Euler flows

Abstract

In this paper, a system of one-dimensional gas dynamics equations is considered. This system is a particular case of Jacobi type systems and has a natural representation in terms of 2-forms on 0-jet space. We use this observation to find a new class of multivalued solutions for an arbitrary thermodynamic state model and discuss singularities of their projections to the space of independent variables for the case of an ideal gas. Caustics and discontinuity lines are found.