Kinetic Theories and the Boltzmann Equation - Lectures given at the 1st 1981 Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) Held at Montecatini, Italy, June 10-18, 1981

List of contents

Time-dependent linear transport theory.- An introduction to the nonlinear boltzmann-vlasov equation.- The Boltzmann equation and its properties.- Preliminary results on the non-existence of solutions for a half space boltzmann collision model with three degrees of freedom.- The space-homogeneous Boltzmann equation for molecular forces of infinite range.- The cauchy problem for the Boltzmann equation. A survey of recent results.- Boltzmann hierarchy and boltzmann equation.- A nonlinear half-space problem in the kinetic theory of gases.

Product details

• Assisted by: C Cercignani (Editor), C. Cercignani (Editor), Carlo Cercignani (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9783540128991
• ISBN: 978-3-540-12899-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 407 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 244 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics; C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries; Lecture Notes in Mathematics; C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics