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Exponential stability of the solutions to the Boltzmann equation for the Benard problem

• We complete the result in [2] by showing the exponential decay of the perturbation of the laminar solution below the critical Rayleigh number and of the convective solutions above the critical Rayleigh number, in the kinetic framework.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 82B40, 82C26; Secondary 76P05.

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