The Mathematical Theory of Dilute Gases (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)

The idea for this book was conceived by the authors some time in 1988, and a first outline of the manuscript was drawn up during a summer school on mathematical physics held in Ravello in September 1988, where all three of us were present as lecturers or organizers. The project was in some sense inherited from our friend Marvin Shinbrot, who had planned a book about recent progress for the Boltzmann equation, but, due to his untimely death in 1987, never got to do it. When we drew up the first outline, we could not anticipate how long the actual writing would stretch out. Our ambitions were high: We wanted to cover the modern mathematical theory of the Boltzmann equation, with rigorous proofs, in a complete and readable volume. As the years progressed, we withdrew to some degree from this first ambition- there was just too much material, too scattered, sometimes incomplete, sometimes not rigor ous enough. However, in the writing process itself, the need for the book became ever more apparent. The last twenty years have seen an amazing number of significant results in the field, many of them published in incom plete form, sometimes in obscure places, and sometimes without technical details. We made it our objective to collect these results, classify them, and present them as best we could. The choice of topics remains, of course, subjective.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Applied Mathematical Sciences, 106
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	1994
Authors:	Carlo Cercignani • Reinhard Illner • Mario Pulvirenti
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	349
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-1-4612-6425-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Thermodynamics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Statistical physics Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Automotive technology > General
LSN:	1-4612-6425-1
Barcode:	9781461264255

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