Entropy dissipation and moment production for the Boltzmann equation

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 1053-1066

  Wennberg, Bernt ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Entropy production; Moments; Povzner inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031092560     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02183613     Document Type: Article

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