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The Boltzmann equation for weakly inhomogeneous data

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We solve the initial value problem associated to the nonlinear Boltzmann equation in the case in which the initial distribution has sufficiently small spatial gradients.

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  1. Department of Mathematics Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Goteborg, Sweden

    L. Arkeryd

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica Universita, “La Sapienza” di Roma, Italy

    R. Esposito & M. Pulvirenti

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Communicated by J. L. Lebowitz

Supported by C.N.R.-GNFM and MPI

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Arkeryd, L., Esposito, R. & Pulvirenti, M. The Boltzmann equation for weakly inhomogeneous data. Commun.Math. Phys. 111, 393–407 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01238905

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