Stationary particle systems approximating stationary solutions to the Boltzmann equation

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 913-934

  Caprino, S ^a   Pulvirenti, M ^b   Wagner, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusive boundary conditions; Rate of convergence; Stationary Boltzmann equation; Stochastic particle system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032397060     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141096309988     Document Type: Article

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