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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828130003321

Autore

Villani Cédric <1973->

Titolo

Hypocoercivity / / Cédric Villani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4704-0564-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Collana

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, , 0065-9266 ; ; Volume 202, Number 950

Disciplina

515/.3533

Soggetti

Differential equations, Partial - Asymptotic theory

Differential equations, Parabolic - Asymptotic theory

Fokker-Planck equation

Transport theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Volume 202, Number 950 (fourth of 5 numbers)."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I.   =  *  +  ""; ""1. Notation""; ""2. Operators   =  *  +  ""; ""3. Coercivity and hypocoercivity""; ""4. Basic theorem""; ""5. Generalization""; ""6. Hypocoercivity in entropic sense""; ""7. Application: The kinetic Fokker-Planck equation""; ""8. The method of multipliers""; ""9. Further applications and open problems""; ""Part II. The auxiliary operator method""; ""10. Assumptions""; ""11. Main theorem""; ""12. Simplified theorem and applications""; ""13. Discussion and open problems""; ""Part III. Fully nonlinear equations""