Regularity of solutions to the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for non Maxwellian molecules without angular cutoff

Shiyou Lin*

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we use the pseudo-differential calculus to analyze the smoothing property of weak solutions to the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation. Precisely, we show that for the non-Maxwellian molecules with Debye-Yukawa potential, if the positive weak solution is Lipschitz continuous in the velocity variable, then it lies in the Sobolev space Hloc+∞(R3) and hence it is automatically smooth.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)666-673
    JournalNonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications
    Volume71
    Issue number1-2
    Online published8 Nov 2008
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2009

    Research Keywords

    • Boltzmann equation
    • Debye-Yukawa potential
    • Non-cutoff
    • Regularity
    • Pseudo-differential operators

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