From pinned billiard balls to partial differential equations
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Publication:6409673
arXiv2209.01503MaRDI QIDQ6409673FDOQ6409673
Jeremy G. Hoskins, Stefan Steinerberger, K. Burdzy
Publication date: 3 September 2022
Abstract: We discuss the propagation of kinetic energy through billiard balls fixed in place along a one-dimensional segment. The number of billiard balls is assumed to be large but finite and we assume kinetic energy propagates following the usual collision laws of physics. Assuming an underlying stochastic mean-field for the expectation and the variance of the kinetic energy, we derive a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations assuming a stochastic energy re-distribution procedure. The system of PDEs has a number of interesting dynamical properties some of which are numerically simulated.
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