The Boltzmann Equation with a Soft Potential I. Linear, Spatially-Homogeneous
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The initial value problem for the linearized spatially-homogeneous equation has the form ~ + L f = 0 with f({, t = 0) given. Boltzmann The linear operator L operates only on the ~ variable and is non-negative, but, for the soft potentials considered here, its continuous spectrum extends to the origin. Thus one cannot expect exponential decay for f, but in this paper it is shown that f decays like eAte with fl < 1. This result will be used in Part II to show existence of solutions of the initial value problem for the full nonlinear, spatially dependent problem for initial data that is close to equilibrium.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005