From Hyperbolic Systems to Kinetic Theory A Personalized Quest /

• Main Author: Tartar, Luc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes of the Unione Matematica Italiana, 6
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Partial differential equations.; Physics.; Continuum physics.; Partial Differential Equations.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.

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...