2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/143298This note is devoted to the explicit construction of a functional defined on all pairs of $\L1$ functions with small total variation, which is equivalent to the $\L1$ distance and non increasing along the trajectories of a given system of conservation laws. Two different constructions are provided, yielding an extension of the original stability functional by Bressan, Liu and Yang.26 pagesAnalysis of PDEs35L65On the Stability Functional for Conservation Lawstext