The Burgers equation with periodic boundary conditions on an interval

Abstract

We study the asymptotic profile of the solutions of the Burgers equation on a finite interval with a periodic perturbation on the boundary. The equation describes a dissipative medium, and the initial constant profile therefore passes into a wave with a decreasing amplitude. In the low-viscosity case, the asymptotic profile looks like a sawtooth wave (with periodic breaks of the derivative), similar to the known Fay solution on the half-line, but it has some new properties.