Stability of the Boltzmann equation with potential forces on torus

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 238, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1808-1820

  Duan, Renjun ^a  

^a JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Convergence rates; Stability; Symmetric perturbation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; SOBOLEV SPACES;

ASYMPTOTICALLY STABLE; CONVERGENCE RATES; EXPONENTIAL RATES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; POTENTIAL FORCES; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; STABILITY OF SOLUTIONS; SYMMETRIC PERTURBATIONS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 67651232554     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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