Abstract
Strict hyperboiicity and genuine nonlinearity is proved for the zero dispersion KdV limit wherever the Riemann invariants, λk, remain distinct. more specifically, the characteristic speeds, sk , have the opposite ordering of the Riemann invariants and the derivative of a characteristic speed with respect to its corresponding Riemann invariant is negative A Riccati eqation is found for the evolution of ∂kλk along the kTM characteristic and some implications to breaking are discussed.

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