Self-similar solutions with fat tails for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with locally bounded kernels (Q1942282)

The existence of self-similar solutions with so-called fat-tails for \textit{M. V. Smoluchowski}'s classical coagulation equation [``Drei Vorträge \"ber Diffusion, Brownsche Molekularbewegung und Koagulation von Kolloidteilchen'', Physik. Zeit. 17, 557--585 (1916)] is studied. The existence of such self-similar solutions for continuous kernels \(K\) that are homogeneous with degree \(\gamma \in (- [0, 1)\) (see the erratum to the paper under review [ibid. 318, No. 2, 533--534 (2013; Zbl 1267.82087)]) and are bounded by the condition \(K(x, y) \leq C(x^{\gamma} + y^{\gamma})\) for all \(x, y \in (0, \infty)\) is then established. The main result declares that, for given \(\gamma\) and kernel \(K\), there exists a weak stationary solution \(h(x)\) for any \(\rho \in (\gamma, 1)\) which is nonnegative, continuous and satisfies \(h(x) \sim (1 - \rho)x^{- \rho}\) as \(x \rightarrow \infty\).