Space homogeneous solutions to the Cauchy problem for semiconductor Boltzmann equations

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1294-1308

  Majorana, A ^a   Marano, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Bounded continuous solution; Dirac distribution; Existence and uniqueness; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031486413     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141095291397     Document Type: Article

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