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Self-similar solutions with fat tails for a coagulation equation with diagonal kernel

Analysis of PDEs 2011-03-16 v1

Abstract

We consider self-similar solutions of Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with a diagonal kernel of homogeneity γ<1\gamma < 1. We show that there exists a family of second-kind self-similar solutions with power-law behavior x(1+ρ)x^{-(1+\rho)} as xx \to \infty with ρ(γ,1)\rho \in (\gamma,1). To our knowledge this is the first example of a non-solvable kernel for which the existence of such a family has been established.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1103.2868,
  title  = {Self-similar solutions with fat tails for a coagulation equation with diagonal kernel},
  author = {Barbara Niethammer and Juan J. J. L. Velázquez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.2868},
  year   = {2011}
}
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