Global classical solutions of the Boltzmann equation near Maxwellians (Q2507635)

With the aid of the energy method [\textit{Y. Guo}, Invent. Math. 153, 593--630 (2003; Zbl 1029.82034)] the author proves the existence of global classical solution near the global Maxwellian \(\mu=e^{-|v|^2}\) for the Boltzmann equation \[ [\partial_t+v\cdot\nabla_x]F=Q[F,F], \quad F(0,x,v)=F_0(x,v) \] with respect to the spatially periodic function \(F(t,x,v)\), \(x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)\in [-\pi,\pi]^3=T^3\), \(v=(v_1,v_2,v_3)\in \mathbb R^3\). The Boltzmann collision operator \[ Q[F,G]=\int_{R^3\times S^2}|u-v|^{\gamma}[F(u')G(v')-F(u)G(v)]B(\theta)\,du\,d\omega, \] where \(-3<\gamma<0\), \(\omega\in S^2\) with the angular cutoff assumption \(0<B(\theta)\leq C|\cos\theta|\), \(\cos\theta=[u-v]\omega/|u-v|\), \(v'=v+[(u-v)\omega]\omega\), \(u'=u-[(u-v)\omega]\omega\), describes the collision between particles.