Global existence for the continuous nonhomogeneous Smoluchowski equation and asymptotic behaviour of the solutions (Q1408098): Difference between revisions

Global existence of weak solutions to the continuous Smoluchowski coagulation equation with diffusion is established for coagulation kernels \(a\) satisfying the structure condition \(a(y,y')\leq a(y,y+y') + a(y',y+y')\), \((y,y')\in (0,\infty)^2\). This assumption is a generalization of the monotonicity condition \(a(y,y')\leq a(y,y+y')\) used previously, and includes several coagulation kernels which could not be considered with the latter, particularly Smoluchowski's coagulation kernel \((y^{1/3} + {y'}^{1/3}) (y^{-1/3} +{ y'}^{-1/3})\). The existence proof relies on the fact that, under this structure condition, the \(L^p\)-norms of the solutions are non-increasing functions of time, while the dissipation rate of the \(L^p\)-norm provides a weak compactness estimate in \(L^1\) for the coagulation reaction term.