Published March 31, 2003
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Journal article
Mysteries of diffusion and labyrinths of destiny
Creators
- 1. Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Description
The role of prominent Soviet physicist B I Davydov in the development of our understanding of diffusion is briefly reviewed, with emphasis on the ideas he put forward in the 1930s: introducing additional partial derivatives into diffusion equations and extending diffusion concepts to phase space. (from the history of physics)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1070/PU2003v046n03ABEH001289Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Uspekhi
- Journal Volume
- 46
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 309-313
- ISSN
- 1063-7869
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40077360
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; PHASE SPACE
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPACE