A new energy method for the Boltzmann equation

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Yang, Tong ^a   Zhao, Hui Jiang ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33744762803     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2195528     Document Type: Article

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