A beginner's course in finite volume approximation of scalar conservation laws

A beginner's course in finite volume approximation of scalar conservation laws Pamplona – Pau – Toulouse – Zaragoza summer school on nonlinear conservation laws Jaca 11-13/09/2008 Jerome Droniou1 Version: October 10th, 2008 This is a first version, with probably typos errors (but hopefully no mathematical mistake...); feel free to contact me (see footnote) if you happen to notice some. 1Departement de Mathematiques, UMR CNRS 5149, CC 051, Universite Montpellier II, Place Eugene Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France. email:

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• semi-linear parabolic


• volume scheme


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• diffusion associated


• numerical results


• linear conservation laws


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