Gevrey Regularity for Solutions of the Non-Cutoff Boltzmann Equation: Spatially Inhomogeneous Case

Abstract

In this paper we consider the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation in spatially inhomogeneous case. We prove the propagation of Gevrey regularity for the so-called smooth Maxwellian decay solutions to the Cauchy problem of spatially inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation, and obtain Gevrey regularity of order $1/(2s)$ in the velocity variable $v$ and order 1 in the space variable $x$. The strategy relies on our recent results for spatially homogeneous case (J. Diff. Equ. 253(4) (2012), 1172-1190. DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2012.04.023). Rather, we need much more intricate analysis additionally in order to handle with the coupling of the double variables. Combining with the previous result mentioned above, it gives a whole characterization of the Gevrey regularity of the particular kind of solutions to the non-cutoff Boltzmann.