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For example, consider the transport equation $$ \partial_tu+b\cdot\partial_xu=0, u(0,x)=u_0(x), $$ where $t\ge0,x\in\mathbb{R}^3$, $b\in W^{1,1}_{\rm{loc}}([0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^3)$.

It seems that the definitions of weak solutions depend on the forms of test function spaces. I wonder the difference and relationship of the following cases. More precisely, I want to figure it out the difference of the continuity at $t=0$ of them.

  1. The space of test functions is defined as $C_c^{\infty}([0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^3)$.

  2. The space of test functions is defined as $C_c^{\infty}((0,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^3)$and the weak solutions are equipped with the continuity property in a sense at $t=0$, e.g., weakly in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^3)$.

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  • $\begingroup$ Maybe you could be a bit more precise in what exactly you are interested in, and what your current insights are. For instance, have you looked at, for example, Section 4 in Ambrosio's "Transport equation and Cauchy problem for BV vector fields", and Section 2.3 in DeLellis' "Ordinary differential equations with rough coefficients and the renormalization theorem of Ambrosio" (Seminaire Bourbaki) for comparison? $\endgroup$
    – Hannes
    Commented Jan 14, 2021 at 13:21

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