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A gradient flow approach to the Boltzmann equation (1603.00540v5)
Published 2 Mar 2016 in math.AP
Abstract: We show that the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation evolves as the gradient flow of the entropy with respect to a suitable geometry on the space of probability measures which takes the collision process into account. This gradient flow structure allows to give a new proof for the convergence of Kac's random walk to the homogeneous Boltzmann equation, exploiting the stability of gradient flows.
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