Recent advances in the theory and applications of mass transport : summer school on mass transportation methods in kinetic theory and hydrodynamics, September 4-9, 2000, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal / M.C. Carvalho, J.F. Rodrigues, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carvalho, M. C. (Maria da Conceicao Vieira de), 1956- editor.

Rodrigues, José-Francisco, editor.

Series:

Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society) ; v. 353.

Contemporary mathematics, 0271-4132 ; 353

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass transfer--Congresses.

Mass transfer.

Kinetic theory of matter--Congresses.

Kinetic theory of matter.

Hydrodynamics--Congresses.

Hydrodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is the result of the Summer School on Mass Transportation Methods in Kinetic Theory and Hydrodynamics held in Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal). It contains both survey and research articles on methods of optimal mass transport and applications in physics. Among the many important contributors are L. Caffarelli, M. Loss, and C. Villani. The material is suitable for graduate students and research mathematicians interested in methods of mass transport.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Numerical analysis of a multi-phasic mass transport problem""; ""Extension of the Monge�Kantorovich theory to classical electrodynamics""; ""The Monge Ampere equation and optimal transportation""; ""Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities and spectral gaps""; ""Non-smooth differential properties of optimal transport""; ""Inequalities for generalized entropy and optimal transportation""; ""Trend to equilibrium for dissipative equations, functional inequalities and mass transportation""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8218-7943-X