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Tanaka Theorem for Inelastic Maxwell Models

François Bolley, José Antonio Carrillo

math.AParXiv:math/0604332

Abstract

We show that the Euclidean Wasserstein distance is contractive for inelastic homogeneous Boltzmann kinetic equations in the Maxwellian approximation and its associated Kac-like caricature. This property is as a generalization of the Tanaka theorem to inelastic interactions. Consequences are drawn on the asymptotic behavior of solutions in terms only of the Euclidean Wasserstein distance.

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