The Fokker-Planck operator as an asymptotic limit in anisotropic media

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1119-1133

  Asadzadeh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Asymptotic limit; Fokker Planck; Forward peaked scattering; Surface harmonics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; SCATTERING;

INTEGRAL OPERATORS; LINEAR TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY;

EID: 11144247419     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7177(02)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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