On the rate of entropy production for the Boltzmann equation

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 603-618

  Bobylev, Alexander V ^a   Cercignani, Carlo ^b  

^a KELDYSH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Entropy production; Kinetic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074299     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004537522686     Document Type: Article

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