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In this paper, we describe the long-time behavior of the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation with soft potentials near a global Maxwellian background on the whole space in the weakly collisional limit (i.e. infinite Knudsen number $1/\nu\to…

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A model polydisperse fluid represents many real fluids such as colloidal suspensions and polymer solutions. In this study, considering a concentrated size-polydisperse hard sphere fluid with size derived from two different distribution…

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