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In this paper, we review some interesting problems of vacuum states arising in hyperbolic conservations laws with applications to gas and fluid dynamics. We present the current status of the understanding of compressible Euler flows near vacuum and discuss related open problems.
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Jang, J., Masmoudi, N. (2011). Vacuum in Gas and Fluid Dynamics. In: Bressan, A., Chen, GQ., Lewicka, M., Wang, D. (eds) Nonlinear Conservation Laws and Applications. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 153. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9554-4_17
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