Optimal Transportation and Applications: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Martina Franca, Italy, September 2–8, 2001: 1813 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1813) - Softcover

Ambrosio, Luigi; Caffarelli, Luis A.; Brenier, Yann; Buttazzo, Giuseppe; Villani, Cédric

 
9783540401926: Optimal Transportation and Applications: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Martina Franca, Italy, September 2–8, 2001: 1813 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1813)

Synopsis

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.

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