On the stability of spectral methods for the homogeneous Boltzmann equation

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 3-5, 2000, Pages 431-447

  Pareschi, Lorenzo ^a   Russo, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Smoothing tecniques; Spectral methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034417788     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00411450008205883     Document Type: Article

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