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

DOI10.1007/S00205-003-0296-ZMaRDI QIDQ1884708zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wilfrid Gangbo, Eric Carlen

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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