Quantitative lower bounds for the full Boltzmann equation, part I: Periodic boundary conditions

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 30, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 881-917

  Mouhot, Clément ^a  

^a UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

A priori approach; Full Boltzmann equation; Hard spheres; Long range interactions; Lower bound; Noncutoff; Periodic boundary conditions; Positivity of the distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444437485     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: 15324133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PDE-200059299     Document Type: Article

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