Spectral gap for Kac's model of Boltzmann equation

Annals of Probability

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 288-304

  Janvresse, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Kac's model; Spectral gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035533089     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aop/1008956330     Document Type: Article

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