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Long-time Boltzmann-Grad limit for stable finite-range radial potentials

Theorem 1: for a stable finite-range radial potential, a grand-canonical initial law with pair exclusion and C1C^1 density with spatially summable Gaussian bounds on it and its gradient, and any TT for which the Boltzmann equation with that potential's scattering has a classical solution with uniform Gaussian velocity bound on [0,T][0,T], all fixed-order rescaled factorial marginals converge in L1L^1 to f(t)⊗sf(t)^{\otimes s} uniformly on [0,T][0,T]; empirical averages converge in probability. It assumes, rather than proves, existence of the regular kinetic solution, so it gives no global-in-time statement, and it does not treat long-range or non-radial potentials or give a rate.

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Long-time Boltzmann-Grad limit for stable finite-range radial potentials

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Theorem 1: for a stable finite-range radial potential, a grand-canonical initial law with pair exclusion and C1C^1 density with spatially summable Gaussian bounds on it and its gradient, and any TT for which the Boltzmann equation with that potential's scattering has a classical solution with uniform Gaussian velocity bound on [0,T][0,T], all fixed-order rescaled factorial marginals converge in L1L^1 to…

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Theorem 1: for a stable finite-range radial potential, a grand-canonical initial law with pair exclusion and C1C^1 density with spatially summable Gaussian bounds on it and its gradient, and any TT for which the Boltzmann equation with that potential's scattering has a classical solution with uniform Gaussian velocity bound on [0,T][0,T], all fixed-order rescaled factorial marginals converge in L1L^1 to f(t)⊗sf(t)^{\otimes s} uniformly on [0,T][0,T]; empirical averages converge in probability. It assumes, rather than proves, existence of the regular kinetic solution, so it gives no global-in-time statement, and it does not treat long-range or non-radial potentials or give a rate.

Theorem 1: for a stable finite-range radial potential, a grand-canonical initial law with pair exclusion and C1C^1 density with spatially summable Gaussian bounds on it and its gradient, and any TT for which the Boltzmann equation with that potential's scattering has a classical solution with uniform Gaussian velocity bound on [0,T][0,T], all fixed-order rescaled factorial marginals converge in L1L^1 to f(t)⊗sf(t)^{\otimes s} uniformly on [0,T][0,T]; empirical averages converge in probability. It assumes, rather than proves, existence of the regular kinetic solution, so it gives no global-in-time statement, and it does not treat long-range or non-radial potentials or give a rate.

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