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For the Boltzmann equation with cutoff hard potentials, we construct the unique global solution converging with an exponential rate in large time to global Maxwellians not only for the specular reflection boundary condition with the bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-04 Renjun Duan , Gyounghun Ko , Donghyun Lee

In a general $C^1$ domain, we study the perturbative Cauchy theory for the Boltzmann equation with Maxwell boundary conditions with an accommodation coefficient $\alpha$ in $(\sqrt{2/3},1]$, and discuss this threshold. We consider…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-30 Marc Briant , Yan Guo

This study investigates the steady Boltzmann equation in one spatial variable for a polyatomic single-component gas in a half-space. Inflow boundary conditions are assumed at the half-space boundary, where particles entering the half-space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Niclas Bernhoff , Stephane Brull , Eddie Wadbro

We study steady Boltzmann equation in half-space, which arises in the Knudsen boundary layer problem, with diffusive reflection boundary conditions. Under certain admissible conditions and the source term decaying exponentially, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-09 Yong Wang , Feimin Huang

We consider small nonlinear perturbations of linear systems on a time scale with the phase space being finite or infinite-dimensional. For $\Delta$-differential operators, corresponding to linear dynamic systems we consider their…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-04-13 Svetlin Georgiev , Sergey Kryzhevich

This work deals with the Landau equation in a bounded domain with the Maxwell reflection condition on the boundary for any (possibly smoothly position dependent) accommodation coefficient and for the full range of interaction potentials,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Kleber Carrapatoso , Stéphane Mischler

Semiconductor model is a system of parabolic partial differential equations with cross-diffusion phenomenon. Previous results showed that a weak solution exists and is not bounded in general. So semiconductor model was categorized as a…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Xi Lin

We consider the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation in the context of electrostatic models for a biological macromolecule, embedded in a bounded domain containing a solution of an arbitrary number of ionic species which is not necessarily…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-26 José A. Iglesias , Svetoslav Nakov

An explicit solution of the stationary one dimensional half-space boundary value problem for the linear Boltzmann equation is presented in the presence of an arbitrarily high constant external field. The collision kernel is assumed to be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-08 C. Dalitz , E. H. de Groot

We prove a linear inequality between the entropy and entropy dissipation functionals for the linear Boltzmann operator (with a Maxwellian equilibrium background). This provides a positive answer to the analogue of Cercignani's conjecture…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Marzia Bisi , José A. Cañizo , Bertrand Lods

We consider the relativistic, spatially inhomogeneous Fokker-Planck equation with an external confining potential. We prove the exponential time decay of solutions towards the global equilibrium in weighted $L^2$ and Sobolov spaces. Our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-13 Anton Arnold , Gayrat Toshpulatov

The initial-boundary value problem for the inhomogeneous non-cutoff Boltzmann equation is a challenging open problem. In this paper, we study the stability and long-time dynamics of the Boltzmann equation near a global Maxwellian without…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Dingqun Deng

It is known that the singularity in the non-cutoff cross-section of the Boltzmann equation leads to the gain of regularity and gain of weight in the velocity variable. By defining and analyzing a non-isotropy norm which precisely captures…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-10-28 Radjesvarane Alexandre , Yoshinori Morimoto , Seiji Ukai , Chao-Jiang Xu , Tong Yang

In this paper, we study the Boltzmann equation in a close to the hydrodynamic limit regime, set in bounded spatial domains with non-isothermal Maxwell boundary conditions. We establish the existence, uniqueness, and asymptotic stability of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-16 R Medina

We consider the spatially inhomogeneous non-cutoff Boltzmann equation with hard potentials in the non-perturbative setting. For initial data with polynomial decay in the velocity variable, we establish the local-in-time existence and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Hao-Guang Li , Wei-Xi Li , Chao-Jiang Xu

A new coercivity estimate on the spectral gap of the linearized Boltzmann collision operator for multiple species is proved. The assumptions on the collision kernels include hard and Maxwellian potentials under Grad's angular cut-off…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-13 Esther Sarah Daus , Ansgar Jüngel , Clément Mouhot , Nicola Zamponi

We introduce a novel Lyapunov function for stabilization of linear Vlasov--Fokker--Planck type equations with stiff source term. Contrary to existing results relying on transport properties to obtain stabilization, we present results based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Michael Herty , Shi Jin , Yuhua Zhu

We develop a new method for proving hypocoercivity for a large class of linear kinetic equations with only one conservation law. Local mass conservation is assumed at the level of the collision kernel, while transport involves a confining…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-05-11 Jean Dolbeault , Clément Mouhot , Christian Schmeiser

We propose in this work a subgradient extragradient method with inertial and correction terms for solving equilibrium problems in a real Hilbert space. We obtain that the sequence generated by our proposed method converges weakly to a point…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Chidi Elijah Nwakpa , Chinedu Izuchukwu , Chibueze CHristian Okeke , Dilber Uzun Ozsahin , Abubakar Adamu

The Boltzmann equation is a fundamental equation in kinetic theory that describes the motion of rarefied gases. In this study, we examine the Boltzmann equation within a $C^1$ bounded domain, subject to a large external potential $\Phi(x)$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Jong-in Kim , Donghyun Lee