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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140569003321

Autore

Grigoriev Y. N (Yurii N.)

Titolo

Symmetries of integro-differential equations : with applications in mechanics and plasma physics / / Y.N. Grigoriev ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2010

ISBN

9786613560179

9781280382260

1280382260

9789048137978

9048137977

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 305 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 806

Disciplina

530.15535

Soggetti

Integro-differential equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

to Group Analysis of Differential Equations -- to Group Analysis and Invariant Solutions of Integro-Differential Equations -- The Boltzmann Kinetic Equation and Various Models -- Plasma Kinetic Theory: Vlasov–Maxwell and Related Equations -- Symmetries of Stochastic Differential Equations -- Delay Differential Equations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to coherently present applications of group analysis to integro-differential equations in an accessible way. The book will be useful to both physicists and mathematicians interested in general methods to investigate nonlinear problems using symmetries. Differential and integro-differential equations, especially nonlinear, present the most effective way for describing complex processes. Therefore, methods to obtain exact solutions of differential equations play an important role in physics, applied mathematics and mechanics. This book provides an easy to follow, but comprehensive, description of the application of group analysis to integro-differential equations. The book is primarily designed to present both fundamental theoretical and algorithmic aspects of these methods. It introduces new applications and extensions of the group analysis method. The authors have designed a flexible text for postgraduate courses spanning a



variety of topics.