Global Existence and Full Regularity of the Boltzmann Equation Without Angular Cutoff

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 513-581

  Alexandre, R ^a,b   Morimoto, Y ^c   Ukai, S ^d   Xu, C J ^e,f   Yang, T ^g  

^a French Naval Academy   (France)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Wuhan University ^*  (Japan)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 79955770643     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-011-1242-9     Document Type: Article

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