Numerical aspects of the approach to a Maxwellian distribution
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 19 (2) , 883-888
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.19.883
Abstract
It has been conjectured, for the Boltzmann equation, that an arbitrary initial state tends first to relax towards a state characterized by the similarity solution. We present here a simple model where the possible validity of the statement can be studied numerically. The results of extensive numerical computation for the first time give support for the validity of this conjecture.Keywords
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