The Boltzmann-Grad limit and Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem

DOI10.1007/BF03168581zbMath0981.35004MaRDI QIDQ5944163

Seiji Ukai

Publication date: 27 September 2001

Published in: Japan Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

BBGKY hierarchyBoltzmann-Grad limitEuler limit of the Boltzmann hierarchyNewton equationuniform estimation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) A priori estimates in context of PDEs (35B45) Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorems (35A10)

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