mathematical analysis and numerical approximation /
First Statement of Responsibility
Willy Dörfler ... [et al.]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basel :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Birkhäuser,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (viii, 162 p.) :
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SERIES
Series Title
Oberwolfach Seminars ;
Volume Designation
42
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Includes bibliographical references
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book concentrates on the mathematics of photonic crystals, which form an important class of physical structures investigated in nanotechnology. Photonic crystals are materials which are composed of two or more different dielectrics or metals, and which exhibit a spatially periodic structure, typically at the length scale of hundred nanometers. In the mathematical analysis and the numerical simulation of the partial differential equations describing nanostructures, several mathematical difficulties arise, e. g., the appropriate treatment of nonlinearities, simultaneous occurrence of contin