Nonlinear stability of rarefaction waves for the Boltzmann equation

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-371

  Liu, Tai Ping ^a,b   Yang, Tong ^c   Yu, Shih Hsien ^c   Zhao, Hui Jiang ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33646896267     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: 14320673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-005-0414-1     Document Type: Article

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