The Euler Equations as a Hyperbolic System of Conservation Laws

In this book we deal with two examples of systems of conservation laws, namely the barotropic compressible Euler equations ( 1.1), ( 1.2) and the full compressible Euler equations ( 1.6)–( 1.8), both of which are introduced in Chap. 1. In this chapter we show that those two systems are indeed hyperbolic conservation laws as treated in Chap. 2.