Propagation of smoothness and the rate of exponential convergence to equilibrium for a spatially homogeneous Maxwellian gas

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 521-546

  Carlen, E A ^a   Gabetta, E ^b   Toscani, G ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0033249563     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050511     Document Type: Article

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