%0 Book Section %T Mathematical models of aggregation: the role of explicit solutions publisher Birkhäuser %D 2005 %U 978-3-7643-7249-1 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/53275 %X We briefly review some classical models of aggregate formation with regard to their elementary monomeric components. Particular attention is paid to the role played by explicit solutions in the overall evolution of the theory, for which some relevant results and open questions are stressed. %~