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Decay of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the linearized Boltzmann equation with some external-force potential

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Solutions to the Cauchy problem for the linearized Boltmann equation with the external-force potential ϕ(x) = |x|2/2 have the decay order of an irrational function.

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  1. Minoru Tabata

    Present address: Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, 657, Kobe, Japan

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Dedicated to Professor H. Tanabe on his 60-th birthday

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Tabata, M. Decay of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the linearized Boltzmann equation with some external-force potential. Japan J. Indust. Appl. Math. 10, 237 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167574

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