Convergence to rarefaction waves for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation and compressible Navier-Stokes equations

DOI10.1016/j.jde.2010.03.011zbMath1203.35184MaRDI QIDQ983271

Zhouping Xin, Huihui Zeng

Publication date: 22 July 2010

Published in: Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2010.03.011

zbMATH Keywords

compressible Navier-Stokes equations; nonlinear Boltzmann equation; asymptotic equivalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

76N15: Gas dynamics (general theory)

35Q30: Navier-Stokes equations

35Q31: Euler equations

35Q20: Boltzmann equations