Global existence for the discrete diffusive coagulation-fragmentation equations in \(L^1\). (Q1394491)

This paper shows existence of global weak solutions to the discrete coagulation-fragmentation equations with diffusion: \[ \begin{cases} \partial_t c_i -d_i \triangle_xc_i =Q_i (c), &\text{ in } (0, \, + \infty) \times\Omega, \\ \partial_n c_i = 0, &\text{ on } (0, + \infty )\times \partial \Omega, \\ c(0) = c_i^{i_n}, &\text{ in } \Omega. \end{cases} \] Unlike previous works requiring \(L^{\infty}\)-estimates, an \(L^1\)-approach is developed in this paper. The authors show that under rather general assumptions on the kinetic coefficients, there exists at least a weak solution to the above equations for any initial datum \(c^{i_n}=(c_i^{i_n})_{i \geq 1}\) with finite total mass.