The Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff in the whole space: I, Global existence for soft potential

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 915-1010

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

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b French Naval Academy   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Wuhan University 430072 ^*  (Japan)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Coercivity estimate; Global existence; Non cutoff cross sections; Non isotropic norm; Soft potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155195145     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: 10960783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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