Convergence rate to stationary solutions for Boltzmann equation with external force

Chinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-378

  Ukai, Seiji ^a   Yang, Tong ^b   Zhao, Huijiang ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation with external force; Convergence rate; Energy functionals; Stationary solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747469212     PISSN: 02529599     EISSN: 18606261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11401-005-0199-4     Document Type: Article

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