On the positivity of solutions to the Smoluchowski equations

The dynamics of cluster growth can be modelled by the following infinite system of ordinary differential equations, first proposed by Smoluchowski, [8], where cj=cj(t) represents the physical concentration of j-clusters (aggregates of j identical particles), aj,k=aj,k≥0 are the time-independent coag...

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Autor principal: Costa, Fernando Pestana da (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/1490
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/1490
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Resumo:The dynamics of cluster growth can be modelled by the following infinite system of ordinary differential equations, first proposed by Smoluchowski, [8], where cj=cj(t) represents the physical concentration of j-clusters (aggregates of j identical particles), aj,k=aj,k≥0 are the time-independent coagulation coefficients, measuring the effectiveness of the coagulation process between a j-cluster and a k-cluster, and the first sum in the right-hand side of (1) is defined to be zero if j = 1.