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Record Nr.

UNISA996466627803316

Autore

Bianchini Stefano

Titolo

Nonlinear PDE’s and Applications [[electronic resource] ] : C.I.M.E. Summer School, Cetraro, Italy 2008, Editors: Luigi Ambrosio, Giuseppe Savaré / / by Stefano Bianchini, Eric A. Carlen, Alexander Mielke, Cédric Villani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011

ISBN

3-642-21861-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 224 p. 8 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Collana

C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries ; ; 2028

Disciplina

515/.353

Soggetti

Mathematical analysis

Analysis (Mathematics)

Partial differential equations

Calculus of variations

Functional analysis

Differential geometry

Analysis

Partial Differential Equations

Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization

Functional Analysis

Differential Geometry

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

Transport Rays and Applications to Hamilton-Jacobi Equations -- Functional Inequalities and Dynamics -- Differential, Energetic, and Metric Formulations for Rate-independent Processes -- Optimal Transport and Curvature.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume collects the notes of the CIME course "Nonlinear PDE’s and applications" held in Cetraro (Italy) on June 23–28, 2008. It consists of four series of lectures, delivered by Stefano Bianchini (SISSA, Trieste), Eric A. Carlen (Rutgers University), Alexander Mielke (WIAS, Berlin), and Cédric Villani (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon). They presented a



broad overview of far-reaching findings and exciting new developments concerning, in particular, optimal transport theory, nonlinear evolution equations, functional inequalities, and differential geometry. A sampling of the main topics considered here includes optimal transport, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, Riemannian geometry, and their links with sharp geometric/functional inequalities, variational methods for studying nonlinear evolution equations and their scaling properties, and the metric/energetic theory of gradient flows and of rate-independent evolution problems. The book explores the fundamental connections between all of these topics and points to new research directions in contributions by leading experts in these fields.