Scaling limits and models in physical processes
Boltzmann equationintegrable systemsinverse scattering transformkinetic theoryKorteweg-de Vries equationnonlinear Schrödinger equation
Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to partial differential equations (35-02) Completely integrable finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, integration methods, integrability tests (37J35) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-02) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40)
Based on their lectures in Heidelberg the authors have written this book, which consists of two parts: Part I: Scaling and Mathematical Models in Kinetic Theory; Part II: Scaling, Mathematical Modeling, and Integrable Systems. The authors are well-known for their own contributions to the subject and their active interests have naturally influenced their selection of topics covered in this book. The first part of this book deals with the basic ideas, and results concerning perturbation and scaling methods in the mathematical theory of dilute gases based on Boltzmann's integro-differential equation. Although the mathematical theory of this equation originated in the 1930's, DiPerna and Lions's famous work on the global existence theorem for the initial value problem with general initial data provided a new beginning of the subject. The first author gives an excellent discussion on the modern aspects of the mathematical theory of the Boltzmann equation with special to hydrodynamic limit and other scaling properties. For more detailed mathematical theory of the Boltzmann equation, the reader is referred to the book entitled `The Mathematical Theory of Dilute Gases' by \textit{C. Cercignani}, \textit{R. Illner} and \textit{M. Pulvirenti}, Springer-Verlag (1994; Zbl 0813.76001). Part II of this volume entitled Scaling, Mathematical Modelling, and Integrable Systems is written by \textit{David H. Sattinger}, This part consists of eight short chapters on nonlinear phenomena governed by dispersion and nonlinearity. The author briefly discusses some basic equations including the Korteweg-de Vries and nonlinear Schrödinger equations, variational principles for water waves; the inverse scattering transform method and numerical methods. The entire material of this part gives a brief overview of a very active area of research. (However, because of the lack of examples and exercises, the following books seem to be more suitable for adoption as graduate level text: \textit{G. B. Whitham}, Linear and Nonlinear Waves, John Wiley \& Sons (1974; Zbl 0373.76001); \textit{L. Debnath}, Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers, Birkhäuser-Verlag (1997; Zbl 0892.35001).) In summary, this is an excellent research monograph for researchers interested in the modern theory of the Boltzmann equation and integrable systems.
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