Optimal Transportation and Applications
Subtitle: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Martina Franca, Italy, September 2-8, 2001 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics / Fondazione C.I.M.E., Firenze)
Contributors: Luis A. Caffarelli (Editor); Sandro Salsa (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 5, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9783540401926
Subjects: Science/Mathematics; Differential Equations; Congresses; Mathematics; Mathematical optimization; General; Geometry - Differential; Linear Programming; 35J20, 35J70, 35K65, 35L70, 35Q75, 49K20, &0F99, 52A99, 74P99, 82C70, 82C99; Mathematics / Differential Equations; Monge-Ampére; Optimal Transportation; dissipative P.D.E.'s; shape optimization; Transportation problems
Description: Leading researchers in the field of Optimal Transportation, with different views and perspectives, contribute to this Summer School volume: Monge-Ampère and Monge-Kantorovich theory, shape optimization and mass transportation are linked, among others, to applications in fluid mechanics granular material physics and statistical mechanics, emphasizing the attractiveness of the subject from both a theoretical and applied point of view. The volume is designed to become a guide to researchers willing to enter into this challenging and useful theory.