A note on the propagation of boundary induced discontinuities in kinetic theory

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1581-1595

  Aoki, Kazuo ^a   Bardos, Claude ^b   Dogbe, Christian ^c   Golse, François ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Site Universitaire de Montfoulon   (France)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 0035732904     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202501001483     Document Type: Article

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