A Convergence Proof for Nanbu’s Simulation Method for the Full Boltzmann Equation

DOI10.1137/0726004zbMath0668.76086OpenAlexW2013301258MaRDI QIDQ3821818

Hans Babovsky, Reinhard Illner

Publication date: 1989

Published in: SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0726004

zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equationsmooth solutiondiscretization parametersdiscrete measuresCauchy problem for the Boltzmann equationNanbu simulation methodweak topology of measures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)

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