A Selection of Scientific Papers by Vinicio C. Boffi

This Volume contains fifteen selected, among many others, articles written by Prof Vinicio C. Boffi during his long and very fruitful career. Papers have been selected in view of enlightening his special and often unique results concerning modern kinetic theory. Many challenging analytical problems are originated by applications dealt with in these results, and more are expected in the future. The mathematical methodology adopted is by itself of interest, for example contraction mapping and iterative methods are used to prove existence and uniqueness to classes of nonlinear kinetic equations, with considerable fall-out on the investigation of nonlinear integral equations and on other analytical manipulations of distribution functions. This variety of subjects motivates a careful reading of this book also for a similar detailed analysis of different subjects or fields of applications.

Il volume contiene 15 articoli di cui il Prof. V.C. Boffi e` autore scelti tra i piu` significativi della sua ampia produzione scientifica. La scelta operata dai curatori e` stata fatta, da un lato, per fornire un campione significativo dell'opera scientifica nel suo complesso e, dall'altro, per cercare anche di coprire tutto il periodo di produzione scientifica che va dalla dagli anni 60 all'inizio del nuovo millennio.