Conservation of energy, entropy identity, and local stability for the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 765-796

  Lu, Xuguang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Conservation of energy; Entropy identity; Local stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245980     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004606525200     Document Type: Article

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