Rate of convergence to equilibrium for the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation with hard potentials

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 629-672

  Mouhot, Clément ^a,b  

^a UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

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EID: 29144473644     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-005-1455-x     Document Type: Article

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