A boundary value problem for a kinetic model describing electron flow in a semiconductor

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 735-750

  Drago, C R ^a   Majorana, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; ELECTRON GAS; FUNCTIONS; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; KINETIC MODEL; SPHERICAL HARMONIC EXPANSION;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0034186785     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1476(20000525)23:8<735::aid-mma134>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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