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A theory for constructing the solutions of boundary-value problems for nonstationary model kinetic equations is constructed. This theory was incorrectly presented in the recent well-known monographs of Cercignani [1,2]. After application of a Laplace transformation to the studied equation, separation of the variables is used, this leading to a characteristic equation. Eigenfunctions are found in the space of generalized functions, and the eigenvalue spectrum is investigated. An existence and uniqueness theorem for the expansion of the Laplace transform of the solution with respect to the eigenfunctions is proved. The proof is constructive and gives explicit expressions for the expansion coefficients. An application to the Rayleight problem is obtained, and the corresponding result of Cercignani is corrected.
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Moscow Pedagogical University. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 127–138, July, 1992.
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Latyshev, A.V., Yushkanov, A.A. Analytic solution of boundary-value problems for nonstationary model kinetic equations. Theor Math Phys 92, 782–790 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01018708
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01018708