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# On the gain of regularity for the positive part of Boltzmann collision operator associated with soft-potentials

• As for the positive part of Boltzmann's collision operator associated with the collision kernel of soft-potential type, we evaluate its Fourier transform explicitly and prove a set of bilinear estimates for $L^p$ and Sobolev regularity.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 35Q82, 47G20, 76P05, 82B40.

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