Abstract
An existence theorem for the Enskog equation with small initial data is proved in anL 1 setting. This type of result is not available for the Boltzmann equation.
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Cercignani, C. Small data existence for the Enskog equation inL 1 . J Stat Phys 51, 291–297 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01015332
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