Existence, stability, and convergence of solutions of discrete velocity models to the Boltzmann equation

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 307-326

  Palczewski, Andrzej ^a   Schneider, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b ISITV Option Math   (France)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Convergence of discrete approximation; Discrete velocity models; Kinetic theory; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032049489     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1023000406921     Document Type: Article

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