Convergence to global equilibrium for a kinetic fermion model

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1652-1663

  Neumann, Lukas ^a   Schmeiser, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Entropy dissipation; Fermi Dirac distribution; Fermions; H theorem; Kinetic equations; Long time asymptotics; Relative entropy; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENTROPY; FERMIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THEOREM PROVING;

ENTROPY DISSIPATION; FERMI-DIRAC DISTRIBUTION; H-THEOREM; KINETIC EQUATIONS; LONG-TIME ASYMPTOTICS; RELATIVE ENTROPY;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 25144464368     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141003436533     Document Type: Article

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