On the Cauchy problem for the Boltzmann equation in the whole space: Global existence and uniform stability in Lξ2 (HxN)

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 244, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3204-3234

  Duan, Renjun ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Energy estimates; Global existence; Uniform stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649118132     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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