Problems involving change of type
Subtitle: proceedings of a conference, held at the University of Stuttgart, FRG, October 11-14, 1988
By: K. Kirchgässner, (ed.).
Contributors: Kirchgässner, K.; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.; Volkswagenstiftung.; European Research Council.
Series: Lecture notes in physics ;; 359
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Phase transformations (Statistical physics) -- Congresses.; Viscoelasticity -- Congresses.; Nonlinear theories -- Congresses.; Variational principles -- Congresses.; Differential equations -- Congresses.
Description: Spontaneous change of type is a widely observed phenomenon in physics. In this volume, leading experts survey from a mathematical point of view topics such as phase transitions in crystals, cluster dynamics, viscoelastic flows, motion of interfaces in thermodynamics, shocks in transonic flows, and nonlinear diffusion with finite speed of propagation. Owing to new mathematical techniques, there is now a renewed interest in these difficult questions. The present volume supplies new results but may also serve as an excellent introduction to recent literature. It will be of interest to researchers and to graduate students in physics and mathematics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Conference ... sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Volkswagenstiftung, and the European Research Council"--Pref.