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A note on Wild's solution of the Boltzmann equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Martin J. Klein
Martin J. Klein
Affiliation:
School of Theoretical PhysicsDublin Institute for Advanced Studies
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Abstract

It is shown that Wild's formal solution of the Boltzmann integro-differential equation can be used to obtain Maxwell's classical relaxation behaviour of the second velocity moments of the molecular distribution function.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , April 1954 , pp. 293 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1954

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