Global classical solutions of the Boltzmann equation without angular cut-off

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Abstract: This work proves the global stability of the Boltzmann equation (1872) with the physical collision kernels derived by Maxwell in 1866 for the full range of inverse-power intermolecular potentials, r−(p−1) with p>2, for initial perturbations of the Maxwellian equilibrium states, as announced in cite{gsNonCutA}. We more generally cover collision kernels with parameters sin(0,1) and gamma satisfying gamma>−n in arbitrary dimensions mathbbTnimesmathbbRn with nge2. Moreover, we prove rapid convergence as predicted by the celebrated Boltzmann H-theorem. When gammage−2s, we have exponential time decay to the Maxwellian equilibrium states. When gamma<−2s, our solutions decay polynomially fast in time with any rate. These results are completely constructive. Additionally, we prove sharp constructive upper and lower bounds for the linearized collision operator in terms of a geometric fractional Sobolev norm; we thus observe that a spectral gap exists only when gammage−2s, as conjectured in Mouhot-Strain cite{MR2322149}. It will be observed that this fundamental equation, derived by both Boltzmann and Maxwell, grants a basic example where a range of geometric fractional derivatives occur in a physical model of the natural world. Our methods provide a new understanding of the grazing collisions in the Boltzmann theory.



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