Gevrey smoothing effect of solutions for spatially homogeneous nonlinear Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff (Q601091)

This paper deals with the Gevrey regularity to the Cauchy problem for the spatially homogeneous nonlinear Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff and with modified hard potential. Therefore, the parameter \(\gamma\) corresponding to the hard potential should be nonnegative and the angular factor must have the singularity \(\theta^{-1-2s}\), \(\theta\to 0_+\), \(0< s<{1\over 2}\) which is called a mild one. As it is well-known in this situation, any weak solution \(f(t,v)\), \(0< t\leq T\), \(v\in \mathbb{R}^n\), \(n\geq 2\) of the Cauchy problem, satisfying a natural boundedness condition, belongs to the class \(L^\infty([t_0, T]: H^{+\infty}(\mathbb{R}^n))\), where \(t_0\in (0,T)\). The authors define a smooth Maxwellian decay solution \(f(t,v)\geq 0\), \(\not\equiv 0\) to the Cauchy problem for the Boltzmann equation. Supposing that \(\gamma+ 2s< 1\) they prove a Gevrey smoothing effect in the Gevrey class of order \(1/(2s)\) for each smooth Maxwellian solution to the Cauchy problem under consideration.