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On the existence and convergenze of solutions of Boltzmann equations

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We survey here some recent results on Boltzmann equation which concern the global existence of weak solutions and the underlying convergence properties of sequences of solutions.

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    Pierre Louis Lions

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Conferenza tenuta il 29 settembre 1992

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Lions, P.L. On the existence and convergenze of solutions of Boltzmann equations. Seminario Mat. e. Fis. di Milano 62, 115–125 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02925438

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