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The existence theory for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation is discussed for an infinite region in the spatially homogeneous case. We show that the solution is given by a nonlinear contraction semigroup. It is found that theH-theorem holds and that the system approaches equilibrium.
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Bodmer, R. Zur Boltzmanngleichung. Commun.Math. Phys. 30, 303–334 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645507
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645507