On the blow-up for a discrete Boltzmann equation in the plane (Q556471)

The two-dimensional system \[ \begin{cases} \partial_tu_1+c_1\cdot\nabla u_1=u_2u_4-u_1u_3,\\ \partial_tu_3+c_3\cdot\nabla u_3=u_2u_4-u_1u_3,\\ \partial_tu_2+c_2\cdot\nabla u_2=u_1u_3-u_2u_4,\\ \partial_tu_4+c_4\cdot\nabla u_4=u_1u_3-u_2u_4 \end{cases} \] is studied. Here \(c_1=(1,1)\), \(c_2=(1,-1)\), \(c_3=(-1,-1)\), \(c_4=(-1, 1)\). It is proved that no self-similar blow-up solution exists. Some a priori bounds on the blow-up rate are obtained. In the final section a possible blow-up scenario is discussed.