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Polymer industry raises a large amount of relevant mathematical problems with respect to the quality of manufactured polymer parts. These include in particular questions about the crystallization kinetics of the polymer melt, in presence of a tem perature field.
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Capasso, V., Burger, M., Micheletti, A., Salani, C. (2003). Mathematical Models for Polymer Crystallization Processes. In: Capasso, V. (eds) Mathematical Modelling for Polymer Processing. Mathematics in Industry, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55771-2_5
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