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On the optimal choice of coefficients in a truncated wild sum and approximate solutions for the Kac equation. (English) Zbl 1027.82034

Summary: We study an approximate solution of the Boltzmann problem for Kac’s caricature of a Maxwellian gas by using a truncated and modified expansion of Wild type. We choose the coefficients in the Wild sum approximation using a criterion based on exactly reproducing the behavior of the leading modes.

MSC:

82C40 Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics
76P05 Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics
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