Analytic Methods for Coagulation-fragmentation Models

The book begins with an in-depth survey of coagulation-fragmentation models, followed by a detailed presentation of relevant earlier results in the field. The mathematical tools necessary for the modern development of the theory as well as essential facts from infinite-dimensional dynamical systems, are introduced. The next few chapters are devoted to methods suitable to cases where the process is dominated by fragmentation. The following chapter focuses on weak compactness methods for solving coagulation-fragmentation equations. The final chapter deals with the long-term asymptotic behaviour of solutions to coagulation and fragmentation equations.

Jacek Banasiak is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Zimbabwe. His main research areas are functional analytic methods in kinetic theory and mathematical biology, singular perturbations, general applied analysis and partial differential equations and evolution problems. He is the author/co-author of 5 monographs and over 100 papers in these fields. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Afrika Matematika (Springer). In 2013 he was awarded the Cross of Merit (Silver) of the Republic of Poland. Wilson Lamb is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. His main interests lie in Functional Analysis, Applied Analysis, Evolution Equations, Mathematical Analysis of Coagulation and Fragmentation Processes. He has published over 45 refereed research publications. He has given lecture courses at all levels to Mathematics degree students and to Science and Engineering students. These include courses on elementary calculus and algebra, discrete mathematics, multivariable calculus, linear algebra and vector space theory. He was nominated for the University of Strathclyde Students’ Association Teaching Excellence Awards in 2012, 2013 and 2014; in 2013, he was shortlisted for the category of “Best in Science Faculty”. Philippe Laurencot is the Director of research (senior researcher) CNRS 1, Institut de Math ematiques de Toulouse, Universite Paul Sabatier. His main research interests include the mathematical analysis of evolution partial differential equations,dynamical system approach to evolution partial differential equations, coagulation equations and mathematical models in biology. He is the author of over 170 scientific publications and has given invited talks all over the world.