From Hyperbolic Systems to Kinetic Theory A Personalized Quest / by Luc Tartar.

Equations of state are not always effective in continuum mechanics. Maxwell and Boltzmann created a kinetic theory of gases, using classical mechanics. How could they derive the irreversible Boltzmann equation from a reversible Hamiltonian framework? By using probabilities, which destroy physical re...

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Main Author: Tartar, Luc (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Lecture Notes of the Unione Matematica Italiana, 6
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