Sharp entropy dissipation bounds and explicit rate of trend to equilibrium for the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 667-706

  Toscani, G ^a   Villani, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0033242961     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050631     Document Type: Article

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