# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

March  2012, 7(1): 1-41. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2012.7.1

## From the Newton equation to the wave equation in some simple cases

 1 CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297, Arpajon 2 École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 6 et 8 avenue Blaise Pascal, 77455 Marne-La-Vallée Cedex 2, France 3 Collège de France, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

Received  September 2011 Revised  January 2012 Published  February 2012

We prove that, in some simple situations at least, the one-dimensional wave equation is the limit as the microscopic scale goes to zero of some time-dependent Newton type equation of motion for atomistic systems. We address both some linear and some nonlinear cases.
Citation: Xavier Blanc, Claude Le Bris, Pierre-Louis Lions. From the Newton equation to the wave equation in some simple cases. Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 2012, 7 (1) : 1-41. doi: 10.3934/nhm.2012.7.1
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