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The initial value problem for the Boltzmann equation with quantum effects \[ \frac{\partial f}{\partial t}+v \nabla_x f=Q_\alpha (f) \tag{1} \] where \(f=f(x,v,t), \quad x,v,t \in \mathbb{R}^3 \times \mathbb{R}^3\times \mathbb{R}^{+}, \quad \alpha\) is proportional to \(\hbar^3\) (\(\hbar\) is Planck's constant). The solution \(f\) is the particle number density for the gas particles possessing quantum effects at time \(t\) and position \(x\) with velocity \(v\). Here \(Q_\alpha (f)\) is the modified collision integral. If \(\alpha=\epsilon\) or \(\alpha=-\epsilon,\) where \(\epsilon\) is proportional to \(\hbar^3,\) (1) is the modified Boltzmann for the Fermi-Dirac equation, Bose-Einstein equation, respectively. If \(\alpha =0\) it is the original Boltzmann equation. In I it is assumed that the initial data \(f(x,v,0)\) satisfies \(0 \leq f(x,v,0) \leq c \Phi(x,v,0)\) for a positive constant \(c\) and certain types of control functions \(\Phi(x,v,t)\) within a given function space \(B(\Phi)\). It is proved that \(f(x+tv,v,t)\) uniformly converges to \(f_{\infty}(x,v)\) in a certain norm where \(f_\infty(x,v)=\lim\limits_{t \to \infty} f(x+tv,v,t)\) and different initial data determines different long time limits. In II the corresponding entropy identity is proved. If the initial data \(f(x,v,0)\) satisfies \(0 \leq f(x,v,0) \leq C \Phi(x,v,0)\) for a constant \(0<C<\infty\) and a function \(\Phi(x,v,t)\) authors prove the existence and uniqueness of spatial decay solutions of (1) within a given function space \(B(\Phi)\) using fixed point theory. Moreover, if there is a continuous function \(F(x,v)\) which belongs to a function set, then there exists a mild solution \(f(x,v,t)\) of (1) such that \(f_\infty(x,v)=\lim\limits_{t \to \infty} f(x+vt,v,t)=F(x,v).\)