Title: Energy Method for Boltzmann Equation
Speaker: Professor Tai-Ping Liu
Speaker Info: Stanford University
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Abstract:
We present an elementary energy method for the Boltzmann equation. The method is based on the conservation laws and the H-theorem, two basic notions of Boltzmann equation. This is in constract to previous energy method using the spectral analysis. We decompose the Boltzmann equation as well as the H-thoerem into macroscopic and microscopic parts and make uses of theory for conservation laws from gas dynamics.Date: Sunday, October 06, 2002