Propagation of singularities in the solutions to the Boltzmann equation near equilibrium

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1093-1114

  Duan, Renjun ^a   Li, Meng Rong ^b   Yang, Tong ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Maxwellian; Singularity

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SOLUTIONS;

BOLTZMANN; CAUCHY PROBLEMS; FRACTIONAL ORDERS; NEAR-EQUILIBRIUM; PROPAGATION OF SINGULARITIES; SOBOLEV SPACES; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 47749120667     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202508002966     Document Type: Article

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