Existence theorems for certain kinetic equations and large data (Q1108878)

The author mainly analyzes the Boltzmann equation in one spatial dimension with a bounded weight function S in the collision operator. For this equation, the global \(L^ 1\)-existence and uniqueness is proved on a bounded x-interval. The theorem is proved when velocities are required to be bounded and the contribution from large velocities is treated as being a small perturbation.