Fast and slow convergence to equilibrium for Maxwellian molecules via wild sums

DOI10.1023/A:1023623503092zbMath1079.82012MaRDI QIDQ1397938

Eric Anders Carlen, Xuguang Lu

Publication date: 6 August 2003

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

global stabilityBoltzmann equationMaxwellian moleculesWild sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract approximation theory (approximation in normed linear spaces and other abstract spaces) (41A65) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Applications of functional analysis in statistical physics (46N55)

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