The Ostrovsky–Hunter equation with a space dependent flux function

Abstract We study the periodic Ostrovsky–Hunter equation in the case where the flux function may depend on the spatial variable. Our main results are that if the flux function is twice differentiable, then there exists a unique entropy solution. This entropy solution may be constructed as a limit of approximate solutions generated by a finite volume scheme, and the finite volume approximations converge to the entropy solution at a rate 1/2.