Wild non-uniqueness conjecture for two-dimensional isentropic Euler Riemann problems

Let (ρ,v1,v2)(\rho_-,v_{-1},v_{-2}) and (ρ+,v+1,v+2)(\rho_+,v_{+1},v_{+2}) be any Riemann initial data for the two-dimensional isentropic Euler system, and let pp be a smooth pressure law satisfying p>0p'>0. A bounded solution is admissible if it satisfies the system and the admissibility condition specified in the paper.

Wild non-uniqueness conjecture. For any such Riemann initial data, there exists a smooth pressure law pp with p>0p'>0 such that the corresponding system admits infinitely many bounded, admissible solutions with those Riemann initial data.

The conjecture proposes that the non-uniqueness produced by convex integration is not restricted to the particular contact discontinuity studied in the paper, but can occur for arbitrary Riemann data after choosing a suitable pressure law. The computational experiments reported in the paper support this expectation, but do not establish it.

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Sam G. Krupa and László Székelyhidi, “Contact discontinuities for 2-D isentropic Euler are unique in 1-D but wildly non-unique otherwise”, arXiv:2409.11296 (2024).

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