Mathematical Methods for Hydrodynamic Limits

ISBN-13: 9783540550044 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 196 str.

Anna De Masi; Errico Presutti

Opis

The purpose of this text is to make accessible to readers with a limited background in probability theory such mathematical methods as entropy inequalities, correlation functions and couplings between stochastic processes.

Spis treści

Hydrodynamic limits for independent particles.- Hydrodynamics of the zero range process.- Particle models for reaction-diffusion equations.- Particle models for the Carleman equation.- The Glauber+Kawasaki process.- Hydrodynamic limits in kinetic models.- Phase separation and interface dynamics.- Escape from an unstable equilibrium.- Estimates on the V-functions.