Exact solutions of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation and the theory of relaxation of a Maxwellian gas

DOI10.1007/BF01018983zbMath0565.76074MaRDI QIDQ1058928

Alexander V. Bobylev

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

self-similar solutions; Fourier transformation; Maxwellian molecules; formation of Maxwellian tails; relaxation rates; spatially homogeneous nonlinear Boltzmann equation; Symmetry properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76P05: Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics

82B40: Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics

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