Derivation of the Boltzmann equation: hard spheres, short-range potentials and beyond
Mathematical Physics
2016-02-18 v1 math.MP
Abstract
We review some results concerning the derivation of the Boltzmann equation starting from the many-body classical Hamiltonian dynamics. In particular, the celebrated paper by O. E. Lanford III and the more recent papers [13, 23] are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1602.05355,
title = {Derivation of the Boltzmann equation: hard spheres, short-range potentials and beyond},
author = {Chiara Saffirio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05355},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
To appear in Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics. 20 pages