Special Session 95: 

Pointwise estimate of the linearized Boltzmann equation

Haitao Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Peoples Rep of China
Co-Author(s):    Yu-Chu Lin, Kung-Chien Wu
Abstract:
We study the pointwise behavior of the linearized Boltzmann equation for hard potentials and soft potentials. Our results extend the classical result of Liu-Yu for hard sphere to hard and soft potentials by imposing suitable exponential velocity weight on the initial condition.