Series expansion;
Hermite polynomials;
Hermite series expansion;
Taylor series expansion;
Boltzmann equation;
D O I:
10.1007/s00033-012-0265-1
中图分类号:
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号:
070104 ;
摘要:
We obtain the higher-order multivariate Hermite expansion of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution by using a new, compact tensorial notation and present a method to obtain the nth order multivariate Taylor expansion, which is identical to the nth order multivariate Hermite expansion of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. This study enables us to find higher-order models of discrete kinetic theories such as the lattice Boltzmann theory.