Solution of a model Boltzmann equation via steepest descent in the 2-Wasserstein metric

DOI10.1007/s00205-003-0296-zzbMath1182.76944OpenAlexW2006930831MaRDI QIDQ1884708

Publication date: 5 November 2004

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-003-0296-z

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05)

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