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Density conservation for a coagulation equation

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A Theorem is presented which proves that solutions to the coagulation equation are density conserving whenever certain growth assumptions are made on the coagulation kernel.

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    Present address: Dept of Theoretical Mechanics, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, England, UK

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Stewart, I.W. Density conservation for a coagulation equation. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 42, 746–756 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00944770

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