Existence and uniqueness of classical solution to an initial-boundary value problem for the unsteady general planar Broadwell model with four velocities

Abstract

We consider the unsteady problem for the general planar Broadwell model with four velocities in a rectangular spatial domain over a finite time interval. We impose a class of non-negative initial and Dirichlet boundary data that are bounded and continuous, along with their first-order partial derivatives. We then prove the existence and uniqueness of a non-negative continuous solution, bounded together with its first-order partial derivatives, to the initial-boundary value problem.