Is the linearized Boltzmann-Enskog operator dissipative?
โ Scribed by M. Lachowicz
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-9659
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โฆ Synopsis
In this paper, it is shown that the linearized Boltzmann-Enskog collision operator cannot be dissipative in the L2-space setting contrarily to the linearized Boltzmann operator. Some estimates useful for the spectral theory are given. (~) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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