Related papers: A kinetic model for coagulation-fragmentation
Existence of stationary solutions to the coagulation-fragmentation equation is shown when the coagulation kernel $K$ and the overall fragmentation rate $a$ are given by $K(x, y) = x^\alpha y^\beta + x^\beta y^\alpha$ and $a(x) = x^\gamma$,…
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In this paper we prove the global in time solvability of the continuous growth--fragmentation--coagulation equation with unbounded coagulation kernels, in spaces of functions having finite moments of sufficiently high order. The main tool…
The aim of this short note is twofold. First, we give a sketch of the proof of a recent result proved by the authors in the paper [Colombo, Crippa, and Spirito, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 2015] concerning existence and…
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In this article, the uniqueness of weak solutions to the continuous coagulation and multiple fragmentation equation is proved for a large range of unbounded coagulation and multiple fragmentation kernels. The multiple fragmentation kernels…
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We apply quantitative (or controlled) $K$-theory to prove that a certain $L^p$ assembly map is an isomorphism for $p\in[1,\infty)$ when an action of a countable discrete group $\Gamma$ on a compact Hausdorff space $X$ has finite dynamical…
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We study an inverse initial-density problem for a nonlinear diffusive coagulation--fragmentation equation with known coagulation and fragmentation kernels. The objective is to recover the unknown initial particle-size distribution on a…
We establish the global existence of a class of strongly coupled parabolic systems. The necessary apriori estimates will be obtained via our new approach to the regularity theory of parabolic scalar equations with integrable data and new…
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The theoretical understanding of pattern formation in active systems remains a central problem of interest. Heterogeneous flocks made up of multiple species can exhibit a remarkable diversity of collective states that cannot be obtained…
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