Why do solutions of the Maxwell-Boltzmann equation tend to be Gaussians? A simple answer

DOI10.25537/dm.2017v22.1267-1273zbMath1377.39035MaRDI QIDQ1677388

Dirk Hundertmark, Young-Ran Lee

Publication date: 21 November 2017

Published in: Documenta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Schrödinger equationkinetic theory of gasesGaussian maximizersMaxwell-Boltzmann functional equationmeasurable complex-valued solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Functional equations for complex functions (39B32)

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