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Microscopic Derivation of the Boltzmann Equation

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Up to date (1987), I list references on the rigorous microscopic derivation of the Boltzmann equation from the mechanical model of hard sferes with elastic collisions, resp. of classical particles interacting through a smooth pair potential.

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Spohn, H. (1988). Microscopic Derivation of the Boltzmann Equation. In: Cercignani, C. (eds) Kinetic Theory and Gas Dynamics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 293. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2762-9_7

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