The dual BBGKY hierarchy for the evolution of observables (Q2778005)

A hierarchy of equations formally conjugated to the BBGKY hierarchy for the evolution of the distribution functions of classical many-particle systems is investigated. This dual hierarchy characterizes the evolution of the observables of the system. It is known that the solution of the initial value problem of the BBGKY hierarchy can be constructed using the theory of semigroups of operators [\textit{C. Cercignani} et al, Many-particle dynamics and kinetic equations, Kluwer, 1997]. The aim of this paper is to make the corresponding construction of the solutions of the mentioned dual hierarchy. Though general theorems ensure the existence of a conjugated semigroup in the space L(infinite), actual examples of observables do not belong to this space. Thus, the originality of the paper is to find a more general space where it is possible to obtain the strongly continuous C0-semigroup generated by the dual BBGKY hierarchy. The existence theorem for the dual hierarchy is given and its solution for the Cauchy problem is constructed explicitly for systems with symmetric Hamiltonian. Finally, many-particle systems with non-symmetric Hamiltonian are considered.