Kinetic theories and the Boltzmann equation
Subtitle: 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
By: edited by C. Cercignani.
Contributors: Cercignani, Carlo.; Centro internazionale matematico estivo.
Series: Lecture notes in mathematics ;; 1048; Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ;; 1048.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Transport theory -- Congresses.; Kinetic theory of gases -- Congresses.; Evolution equations -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Time-dependent linear transport theory / J. Hejtmanek; title: An introduction to the nonlinear Boltzmann-Vlasov equation / H. Neunzert; title: The Boltzmann equation and its properties / P.F. Zweifel; title: Preliminary results on the non-existence of solutions for a half space Boltzmann collision model with three degrees of freedom / M.D. Arthur; title: The space-homogeneous Boltzmann equation for molecular forces of infinite range / T. Elmroth; title: The Cauchy problem for the Boltzmann equation / A. Palczėwski; title: Boltzmann hierarchy and Boltzmann equation / H. Spohn; title: A nonlinear half-space problem in the kinetic theory of gases / T. Ytrehus.