On theH-Function and Convergence Towards Equilibrium for a Space-Homogeneous Molecular Density

DOI10.1137/0144011zbMath0549.76054OpenAlexW1964383169MaRDI QIDQ3342141

T. Elmroth

Publication date: 1984

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0144011

zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equationconvergence to Maxwellian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)

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