Front propagation techniques to calculate the largest Lyapunov exponent of dilute hard disk gases

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 641-669

  Van Zon, R ^a,b   Van Beijeren, Henk ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Lyapunov exponent; Pulled fronts; Shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036393128     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020414615453     Document Type: Article

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