Overview
- Relatively self-contained, although some familiarity with functional analysis is desirable
- The presentation is very progressive, starting with simple one-dimensional problems which can be solved explicitly and introducing progressively new difficulties and new problems
- Rigorous mathematical study of singular perturbation problems for some elliptic and parabolic problems
Part of the book series: Applied Mathematical Sciences (AMS, volume 200)
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Singular perturbations occur when a small coefficient affects the highest order derivatives in a system of partial differential equations. From the physical point of view singular perturbations generate in the system under consideration thin layers located often but not always at the boundary of the domains that are called boundary layers or internal layers if the layer is located inside the domain. Important physical phenomena occur in boundary layers. The most common boundary layers appear in fluid mechanics, e.g., the flow of air around an airfoil or a whole airplane, or the flow of air around a car. Also in many instances in geophysical fluid mechanics, like the interface of air and earth, or air and ocean. This self-contained monograph is devoted to the study of certain classes of singular perturbation problems mostly related to thermic, fluid mechanics and optics and where mostly elliptic or parabolic equations in a bounded domain are considered.
This bookis a fairly unique resource regarding the rigorous mathematical treatment of boundary layer problems. The explicit methodology developed in this book extends in many different directions the concept of correctors initially introduced by J. L. Lions, and in particular the lower- and higher-order error estimates of asymptotic expansions are obtained in the setting of functional analysis. The review of differential geometry and treatment of boundary layers in a curved domain is an additional strength of this book. In the context of fluid mechanics, the outstanding open problem of the vanishing viscosity limit of the Navier-Stokes equations is investigated in this book and solved for a number of particular, but physically relevant cases.
This book will serve as a unique resource for those studying singular perturbations and boundary layer problems at the advanced graduate level in mathematics or applied mathematics and may be useful for practitioners in other related fields in science and engineering such as aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, geophysical fluid mechanics, acoustics and optics.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reviews
“The book as a helpful guide for the construction of (at least the lower order terms of) boundary layers in a variety of singularly perturbed problems.” (Hans Babovsky, Mathematical Reviews, November, 2019)
“This very nice book concerns boundary layer solutions to singularly perturbed boundary and initial-boundary value problems.” (Lutz Recke, zbMATH 1411.35002, 2019)
“This very nice book concerns boundary layer solutions to singularly perturbed boundary and initial-boundary value problems.” (Lutz Recke, zbMATH 1411.35002, 2019)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Singular Perturbations and Boundary Layers
Authors: Gung-Min Gie, Makram Hamouda, Chang-Yeol Jung, Roger M. Temam
Series Title: Applied Mathematical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00638-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00637-2Published: 29 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00638-9Published: 21 November 2018
Series ISSN: 0066-5452
Series E-ISSN: 2196-968X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 412
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour