Optimal Transportation and Applications: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Martina Franca, Italy, September 2–8, 2001 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1813)

Ambrosio, Luigi; Caffarelli, Luis A.; Brenier, Yann; Buttazzo, Giuseppe; Villani, Cédric

ISBN 10: 354040192X / ISBN 13: 9783540401926

Published by Springer, 2003

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• Title: Optimal Transportation and Applications: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Martina Franca, Italy, September 2?8, 2001 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1813)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354040192X
• ISBN 13: 9783540401926
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Leading researchers in the field of Optimal Transportation, with different views and perspectives, contribute to this Summer School volume: Monge-Ampère and Monge-Kantorovich theory, shape optimization and mass transportation are linked, among others, to applications in fluid mechanics granular material physics and statistical mechanics, emphasizing the attractiveness of the subject from both a theoretical and applied point of view.

The volume is designed to become a guide to researchers willing to enter into this challenging and useful theory.