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In the beginning of this chapter we introduce some notions of transport theory and review briefly the areas of physics where it finds application. We derive the transport equations for the case of neutron transport. We demonstrate the forms of the transport equation in some geometries (plane-parallel, cylindrically-symmetrical, spherically-symmetrical) and obtain some integral transport equations. Because adjoint problems play an essential role in numerical analysis and in the theory of boundary value problems, we formulate in addition a number of adjoint problems of transport theory.
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Agoshkov, V. (1998). Problems and equations of transport theory. In: Boundary Value Problems for Transport Equations. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1994-1_1
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