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Record Nr.

UNISA996466540303316

Titolo

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 / / edited by C. Cercignani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Springer-Verlag, , 1984

ISBN

3-540-38777-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 1984.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 244 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in biomathematics ; ; 1048

Disciplina

530.138

Soggetti

Transport theory

Kinetic theory of gases

Evolution 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.

Nota di contenuto

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.