Fluid Dynamics: Lectures given at the 3rd 1982 Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held at Varenna, Italy, August 22 – September 1, 1982

H. Beirão da Veiga (eds.)9780387128931, 0-387-12893-X

Table of contents :
§ 1. Introduction and motivation….Pages 1-74
Smooth solutions for the equations of compressible and incompressible fluid flow….Pages 75-126
The linear transport operator of fluid dynamics….Pages 127-137
Limites des equations d’un fluide compressible lorsque la compressibilite tend vers zero….Pages 139-165
Vortex theory and euler and navier-stokes evolution in two dimensions….Pages 167-174
Free boundary problems for compressible viscous fluids….Pages 175-187