Polynomial tail solutions of the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation near local Maxwellians

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Authors: Renjun Duan, Zongguang Li
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Abstract

This paper aims to incorporate the Caflisch's decomposition into the macro-micro decomposition in Boltzmann theory for allowing the microscopic component to exhibit only the polynomial tail in large velocities. In particular, we treat the Cauchy problem on the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation under the compressible Euler scaling in case of three-dimensional whole space. Up to a finite time we construct the Boltzmann solution around a local Maxwellian corresponding to small-amplitude classical solutions of the full compressible Euler system around constant states. We design a new energy functional which can capture the convergence rate in the small Knudsen number $\varepsilon$ and allow the microscopic part of solutions to decay polynomially in large velocities. Moreover, the energy norm of perturbations can be of the order $\varepsilon^{1/2}$ which the usual method of Hilbert expansion fails to obtain. As a byproduct of the proof, our estimates immediately yield a global-in-time existence result when the Euler solutions are taken to be constant states.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Numerical methods in inverse problems Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena

Publication details

Journal / source
Pure and Applied Analysis
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
385–457
Publication date
26 May 2026
Language
EN