Nonlocal Lagrange formalism in the thermodynamics of irreversible processes: Variational procedures for kinetic equations

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-128

  Sievers, B ^a   Anthony, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Fokker Planck equation; Fr chet derivative; Hamilton's principle; Irreversible processes; Kinetic theory; Lagrange formalism; Nonlocal field theory; Thermodynamics; Variational procedure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043040983     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(95)00386-X     Document Type: Article

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