Propagation of chaos and effective equations in kinetic theory: a brief survey

DOI10.2140/MEMOCS.2016.4.255zbMATH Open1357.82003arXiv1611.07082OpenAlexW2549834387MaRDI QIDQ506030FDOQ506030

Authors: Mario Pulvirenti, Sergio Simonella 

Publication date: 30 January 2017

Published in: Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We review some historical highlights leading to the modern perspective on the concept of chaos from the point of view of the kinetic theory. We focus in particular on the role played by the propagation of chaos in the mathematical derivation of effective equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.07082

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zbMATH Keywords

Vlasov equationpropagation of chaosLandau equationBoltzmann

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Boltzmann equations (35Q20) PDEs in connection with statistical mechanics (35Q82) Vlasov equations (35Q83) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

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