Global classical solutions of the Boltzmann equation without angular cut-off

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 771-847

  Gressman, Philip T ^a   Strain, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Boltzmann equation; Fractional derivatives; Hard potentials; Harmonic analysis; Kinetic theory; Long range interaction; Non cutoff; Soft potentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953745167     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-2011-00697-8     Document Type: Article

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