Download or read book Lecture Notes on the Mathematical Theory of the Boltzmann Equation written by N. Bellomo and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of four lectures on some mathematical aspects related to the nonlinear Boltzmann equation. The following topics are dealt with: derivation of kinetic equations, qualitative analysis of the initial value problem, singular perturbation analysis towards the hydrodynamic limit and computational methods towards the solution of problems in fluid dynamics.