On the nonlinear, spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation with an external source: exact generating functions for all moments

DOI10.1007/BF00953675zbMath0606.76095MaRDI QIDQ1085004

B. George

Publication date: 1986

Published in: ZAMP. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

exact solution; generating function; Boltzmann equation; source term; moment method; Lie group methods; infinite system of first-order differential equations; isotropic external source; similarity form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

22E70: Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations

82B40: Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics