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On the interior boundary-value problem for the stationary Povzner equation with hard and soft interactions

Vladislav A. Panferov (2004)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

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The Povzner equation is a version of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation, in which the collision operator is mollified in the space variable. The existence of stationary solutions in L 1 is established for a class of stationary boundary-value problems in bounded domains with smooth boundaries, without convexity assumptions. The results are obtained for a general type of collision kernels with angular cutoff. Boundary conditions of the diffuse reflection type, as well as the given incoming...

Convex entropy decay via the Bochner–Bakry–Emery approach

Pietro Caputo, Paolo Dai Pra, Gustavo Posta (2009)

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

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We develop a method, based on a Bochner-type identity, to obtain estimates on the exponential rate of decay of the relative entropy from equilibrium of Markov processes in discrete settings. When this method applies the relative entropy decays in a convex way. The method is shown to be rather powerful when applied to a class of birth and death processes. We then consider other examples, including inhomogeneous zero-range processes and Bernoulli–Laplace models. For these two models, known...