A Finite Element Approximation of Grazing Collisions

DOI10.1081/TT-120024765zbMath1053.82029MaRDI QIDQ4428276

Simona Mancini, Brigitte Lucquin-Desreux

Publication date: 14 September 2003

Published in: Transport Theory and Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35B40: Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs

65N30: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

82C40: Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics

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