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Solutions are analyzed of the linearized relativistic Boltzmann equation for initial data fromL 2(r, p) in long-time and/or small-mean-free-path limits. In both limits solutions of this equation converge to approximate ones constructed with solutions of the set of differential equations called the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics.
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Dudyński, M. On the linearized relativistic Boltzmann equation. II. Existence of hydrodynamics. J Stat Phys 57, 199–245 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023641
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