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Modeling and Computational Methods for Kinetic Equations /

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In recent years kinetic theory has developed in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, and has extended the borders of its traditional fields of application. New applications in traffic flow engineering, granular media modeling, and polymer and phase transition physics have resulted in...

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Main Author: Degond, Pierre
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pareschi, Lorenzo, Russo, Giovanni
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston : Imprint : Birkhäuser, 2004.
Series:Modeling and simulation in science, engineering & technology.
Subjects:
Mathematics.
Computer science > Mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Rarefied Gases
  • Macroscopic Limits of the Boltzmann Equation: A Review
  • Moment Equations for Charged Particles: Global Existence Results
  • Monte-Carlo Methods for the Boltzmann Equation
  • Accurate Numerical Methods for the Boltzmann Equation
  • Finite-Difference Methods for the Boltzmann Equation for Binary Gas Mixtures
  • Part II: Applications
  • Plasma Kinetic Models: The Fokker-Planck-Landau Equation
  • On Multipole Approximations of the Fokker-Planck-Landau Operator
  • Traffic Flow: Models and Numerics
  • Modelling and Numerical Methods for Granular Gases
  • Quantum Kinetic Theory: Modelling and Numerics for Bose-Einstein Condensation
  • On Coalescence Equations and Related Models.