Pointwise Estimates for Solutions to a System of Radiating Gas

Shikuan Mao, Yongqin Liu

School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ijmnta.2013.23026                

Abstract

In this paper we focus on the initial value problem of a hyperbolic-elliptic coupled system in multi-dimensional space of a radiating gas. By using the method of Green function combined with Fourier analysis, we obtain the pointwise decay estimates of solutions to the problem.

Keywords

Radiating Gas; Initial Value Problem; Pointwise Estimates

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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