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Within the framework of the homogeneous non-linear Boltzmann equation, we present a new analytic method, without the intrinsic limitations of existing methods, for obtaining asymptotic solutions. This method permits extension of existing…
This work focuses on the development of efficient solvers for the pseudo-stress formulation of the unsteady Stokes problem, discretised by means of a discontinuous Galerkin method on polytopal grids (PolyDG). The introduction of the…
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In this work, we develop a space--time Chebyshev spectral collocation method for three-dimensional Maxwell's equations and combine it with tensor-network techniques in Tensor-Train (TT) format. Under constant material parameters, the…
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We analyze the velocity distribution function of force-free granular gases in the regime of homogeneous cooling when deviations from the Maxwellian distribution may be accounted only by leading term in the Sonine polynomial expansion. These…