arXiv · 0811.1169
Rate of convergence to self-similarity for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with constant coefficients
Abstract
We show that solutions to Smoluchowski's equation with a constant coagulation kernel and an initial datum with some regularity and exponentially decaying tail converge exponentially fast to a self-similar profile. This convergence holds in a weighted Sobolev norm which implies the L\^2 convergence of derivatives up to a certain order k depending on the regularity of the initial condition. We prove these results through the study of the linearized coagulation equation in self-similar variables, for which we show a spectral gap in a scale of weighted Sobolev spaces. We also take advantage of the fact that the Laplace or Fourier transforms of this equation can be explicitly solved in this case.
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José Alfredo Cañizo, Stéphane Mischler, Clément Mouhot. 2008-11-07. Rate of convergence to self-similarity for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with constant coefficients. https://doi.org/10.1137/08074091x
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