Convergence rate for the Boltzmann and Landau equations with soft potentials

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-416

  Yu, Hongjun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 70149105057     PISSN: 03082105     EISSN: 14737124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0308210507001060     Document Type: Article

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