R440, Astronomy-Mathematics Building, NTU
(台灣大學天文數學館 440室)
A Revisit of the Velocity Averaging Lemma: On the Regularity of Stationary Boltzmann Equation in a Bounded Convex Domain
Ping-Han Chuang (National Taiwan University)
Abstract:
The celebrated velocity averaging lemma reveals that the combination of transport and averaging in velocity yields regularity in spatial variable. This is one of the key features that DiPerna and Lions used to prove the global existence of Cauchy problem for Boltzmann equation with large initial data. In this talk, we first introduce the idea of velocity averaging lemma and then apply its idea to the stationary Boltzmann equation in a bounded convex domain to establish regularity in fractional Sobolev space in space variable up to order 1-. In addition to the technique of velocity averaging lemma, our analysis depends heavily upon the geometric properties.