Extinction of multiple shocks in the modular Burgers equation
Abstract
We consider multiple shock waves in the Burgers' equation with a modular
advection term. It was previously shown that the modular Burgers' equation
admits a traveling viscous shock with a single interface, which is stable
against smooth and exponentially localized perturbations. In contrast, we
suggest in the present work with the help of energy estimates and numerical
simulations that the evolution of shock waves with multiple interfaces leads to
finite-time coalescence of two consecutive interfaces. We formulate a precise
scaling law of the finite-time extinction supported by the interface equations
and by numerical simulations.