Regularity of solutions to the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-212

  Morimoto, Yoshinori ^a   Ukai, Seiji ^b   Xu, Chao Jiang ^c   Yang, Tong ^d,e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UMR 6085 CNRS ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Debye Yukawa potential; Gevrey hypoellipticity; Non cutoff cross sections

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349239513     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2009.24.187     Document Type: Article

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