Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
MAT/07 (MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS "FELICE CASORATI"
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (02/03/2020 - 09/06/2020)
Lesson hours
28 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Differential and integral calculus in multiple dimensions. Fourier transform.
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the study of the main kinetic equations, using almost exclusively classical tools of mathematical analysis.
Course contents
Introduction to kinetic equations and their mathematical treatment. Boltzmann-like and Fokker-Planck type equations. Socio-economic models. Kinetic models in life sciences.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
L.Pareschi and G. Toscani. INTERACTING MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS. KINETIC EQUATIONS AND MONTE CARLO METHODS.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014.
Assessment methods
Examination is only oral and will be based on lessons learned. The student will have to demonstrate that he has achieved full understanding of the themes and has thus achieved the training objectives of the course.
Further information
It is not necessary to buy the reference book.
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