The milne problem for high field kinetic equations

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1709-1736

  Abdallah, N Ben ^a   Gamba, I M ^b   Klar, Axel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer problems in kinetic equations; Kinetic theory of plasmas; Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Numerical methods for kinetic equations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER PROBLEMS IN KINETIC EQUATIONS; KINETIC THEORY OF PLASMAS; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS FOR KINETIC EQUATIONS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 9744246857     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139902408898     Document Type: Article

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