Global solutions of Boltzmann's equation and the entropy inequality

DOI10.1007/BF00375684zbMath0724.45011MaRDI QIDQ2644901

Pierre-Louis Lions, Ronald J. Di Perna

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equationglobal solutionsrate of dissipationtotal entropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40)

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