The half-space problem for the boltzmann equation at zero temperature

DOI10.1002/cpa.3160380506zbMath0591.76133OpenAlexW2006452818MaRDI QIDQ3720178

Russel E. Caflisch

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpa.3160380506

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear boundary value problemzero-temperature limitsmallness conditioncold end of the shock at infinite Mach numbertime independent problem in a half-spacevariation of the shock profile

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)

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