By Mariano Giaquinta
Sk-valued maps with singularities / H. Brezis -- loose boundary difficulties / L.A. Caffarelli -- minimum foliations on a torus / J. Moser -- Variational equipment in nonlinear difficulties / L. Nirenberg -- Variational concept for the whole scalar curvature useful for Riemannian metrics and comparable issues / R.M. Schoen -- A classical variational method of Teichmuller concept / A.J. Tromba
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1 E v o l u t i o n e q u a t i o n s for t h e e m p i r i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n s . 2 Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . References 42 42 44 48 51 51 52 53 54 57 58 61 62 65 V. Capasso 40 1 Introduction Polymer industry raises a large amount of relevant mathematical problems with respect to the quality of manufactured polymer parts. These include in particular questions about the crystallization kinetics of the polymer melt, in presence of a temperature field. The final morphology of the crystallised material is a fundamental factor in the physical properties of the solidified part.
1 S t o c h a s t i c i t y of t h e Causal Cone . . . . . . 2 T h e m u l t i p l e scales . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A v e r a g i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 N u m e r i c a l simulations . . . . . . . . . 4 A p a r t i c l e m o d e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 E v o l u t i o n e q u a t i o n s for t h e e m p i r i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n s . 2 Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . References 42 42 44 48 51 51 52 53 54 57 58 61 62 65 V.