Characterization of collision kernels

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 345-355

  Desvillettes, Laurent ^a   Salvarani, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann; Collision kernels; Landau

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244530023     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2003030     Document Type: Article

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