Determination of the spectral gap in the kac model for physical momentum and energy-conserving collisions

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 327-364

  Carlen, Eric A ^a   Geronimo, Jeffrey S ^a   Loss, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kac model; Orthogonal polynomials; Spectral gap

Indexed keywords

BINARY COLLISIONS; EIGEN FUNCTIONS; EIGEN VALUES; ENERGY-CONSERVING; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; JACOBI POLYNOMIALS; KAC MODEL; LOWER BOUNDS; ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS; RANDOM WALKS; SPECTRAL GAP; SPECTRAL INFORMATIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STATE SPACES; STEP TRANSITIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITIES;

CONTROL THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION;

EID: 61849168922     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070695423     Document Type: Article

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