Many-Particle Dynamics and Kinetic Equations: 420 (Mathematics and Its Applications, 420) - Hardcover

Cercignani, C.; Gerasimenko, U.I.; Petrina, D.Y.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792346963 ISBN 13: 9780792346968

Publisher: Springer, 1997

Synopsis

As our title suggests, there are two aspects in the subject of this book. The first is the mathematical investigation of the dynamics of infinite systems of in­ teracting particles and the description of the time evolution of their states. The second is the rigorous derivation of kinetic equations starting from the results of the aforementioned investigation. As is well known, statistical mechanics started in the last century with some papers written by Maxwell and Boltzmann. Although some of their statements seemed statistically obvious, we must prove that they do not contradict what me­ chanics predicts. In some cases, in particular for equilibrium states, it turns out that mechanics easily provides the required justification. However things are not so easy, if we take a step forward and consider a gas is not in equilibrium, as is, e.g., the case for air around a flying vehicle. Questions of this kind have been asked since the dawn of the kinetic theory of gases, especially when certain results appeared to lead to paradoxical conclu­ sions. Today this matter is rather well understood and a rigorous kinetic theory is emerging. The importance of these developments stems not only from the need of providing a careful foundation of such a basic physical theory, but also to exhibit a prototype of a mathematical construct central to the theory of non-equilibrium phenomena of macroscopic size.

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Many Particle Dynamics and Kinetic Equations Devoted to the evolution of infinite systems interacting via a short range potential, this volume is of interest to graduate students and researchers whose work involves mathematical and theoretical physics, functional analysis and probability theory. Full description

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This work is devoted to the evolution of infinite systems interacting via a short range potential. The Hamilton dynamics is defined through its evolution semigroup and the corresponding Bogolubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon (BBGKY) hierarchy is constructed. The existence of global in time solutions of the BBGKY hierarchy for hard spheres interacting via a short range potential is proved in the Boltzmann-Grad limit and by Bogolubov's and Cohen's methods. This volume should be of interest to graduate students and researchers whose work involves mathematical and theoretical physics, functional analysis and probability theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792346963
• ISBN 13: 9780792346968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 255