On the number of collisions in a hard sphere particle system in all space

DOI10.1080/00411458908214499zbMath0723.58031OpenAlexW2051576749MaRDI QIDQ3210577

Reinhard Illner

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Transport Theory and Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00411458908214499

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40) Ergodic theory (37A99) Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies (70F35)

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Cites Work

• Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for a two-dimensional rare gas in vacuum
• Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for a three-dimensional rare gas in vacuum

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