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We consider a nonlinear system of integral equations describing the structure of a plane shock wave. Based on physical reasoning, we propose an iterative method for constructing an approximate solution of this system. The problem reduces to studying decoupled scalar nonlinear and linear integral equations for the gas temperature, density, and velocity. We formulate a theorem on the existence of a positive bounded solution of a nonlinear equation of the Uryson type. We also prove theorems on the existence and uniqueness of bounded positive solutions for linear integral equations in the space L 1[−r, r] for all finite r < +∞. For a more general nonlinear integral equation, we prove a theorem on the existence of a positive solution and also find a lower bound and an integral upper bound for the constructed solution.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 189, No. 2, pp. 239–255, November, 2016.
This research is supported by the State Science Committee, Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Armenia (Project No. SCS 15T-1A033).
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Khachatryan, A.K., Khachatryan, K.A. Solvability of a nonlinear model Boltzmann equation in the problem of a plane shock wave. Theor Math Phys 189, 1609–1623 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040577916110064
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