Abstract
A singular perturbation method is used to find the normal solutions of the Boltzmann equation with small Knudsen number. It is proved that the secular terms may be removed by improving the Hilbert expansion and the Enskog expansion.
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Ding, E.J., Huang, Z.Q. On the normal solutions of the Boltzmann equation with small Knudsen number. J Stat Phys 45, 561–588 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01021086
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