arXiv · 1910.08015
The scaling hypothesis for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with bounded perturbations of the constant kernel
Abstract
We consider Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with a kernel of the form $K = 2 + \epsilon W$, where $W$ is a bounded kernel of homogeneity zero. For small $\epsilon$, we prove that solutions approach a universal, unique self-similar profile for large times, at almost the same speed as the constant kernel case (the speed is exponential when self-similar variables are considered). All the constants we use can be explicitly estimated. Our method is a constructive perturbation analysis of the equation, based on spectral results on the linearisation of the constant kernel case. To our knowledge, this is the first time the scaling hypothesis can be fully proved for a family of kernels which are not explicitly solvable.
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José A. Cañizo, Sebastian Throm. 2019-10-17. The scaling hypothesis for Smoluchowski's coagulation equation with bounded perturbations of the constant kernel. https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.08015
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