Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma Dynamics

Contents: A.M. Anile: Modeling intense relativistic electron beams.- N. Bellomo, M. Lachowicz: On the asymptotic theory of the Boltzmann and Enskog equations. A rigorous H-theorem for the Enskog equation.- F. Brezzi et al.: On some numerical problems in semiconductor device simulation.- D.G. Cacuci, V. Protopopescu: Canonical propagators for nonlinear systems: theory and sample applications.- R.E. Caflisch: Singularity formation for vortex sheets and hyperbolic equations.- H. Cornille: Exact exponential type solutions to the discrete Boltzmann models.- P. Degond et al.: Semiconductor modelling via the Boltzmann equation.- G. Frosali: Functional-analytic techniques in the study of time-dependent electron swarms in weakly ionized gases.- G.P. Galdi, M. Padula: Further results in the nonlinear stability of the Bénard problem.- F. Golse: Particle transport in nonhomogeneous media.- K.R. Rajagopal: Some recent results on swirling flows of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.- Y. Sone et al.: Evaporation and condensation of a rarefield gas between its two parallel planes.- G. Spiga: Rigorous solution to the extended kinetic equations for homogeneous gas mixtures.