On the stability of solutions to the moment system of nonequilibrium thermodynamics (Q2487407)

The Cauchy problem and the mixed initial-boundary value problem for the Grad-Hermite moment system based on the kinetic theory of one-atomic ideal gas is considered in the paper. 13- and 20-moment systems are considered separately. The Boltzmann kinetic equation is approximated by dissipative, symmetrizable hyperbolic system of conservation laws with relaxation. The corresponding Knudsen number is large for strongly rarefied gases. Thermodynamic quantities are defined as the moments of the distribution function. The Grad-Hermite moment system is linearized in a neighborhood of the equilibrium state. It is shown that the linearized Grad-Hermite moment system posses the following structure: the dispersion equations of the Cauchy problem are hyperbolic pencils described by the strict and nonstrict chains of hyperbolic polynomials. The conditions of global stability of solutions of the Cauchy problem are obtained as the generalization of the classical Hermite-Bieher theorem on stable polynomials. For mixed problem, an analog of the Vishik-Lyusternik theorem on a small singular perturbation of general elliptic problem is proved. The conditions of well-posedness of the mixed problem are then obtained.