On the Cauchy problem of the Boltzmann and Landau equations with soft potentials

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-315

  Hsiao, Ling ^a   Yu, Hongjun ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Global solutions; Landau equation; Soft potentials

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

BOLTZMANN; CAUCHY PROBLEMS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLASSICAL SOLUTION; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; LANDAU EQUATION; SOFT POTENTIALS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 47149084013     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: 15524485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0033-569X-07-01053-8     Document Type: Article

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