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# Transport coefficients in the $2$-dimensional Boltzmann equation

• We show that a rarefied system of hard disks in a plane, described in the Boltzmann-Grad limit by the $2$-dimensional Boltzmann equation, has bounded transport coefficients. This is proved by showing opportune compactness properties of the gain part of the linearized Boltzmann operator.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 76P05, 82C40, 76A20.

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