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# Remarks on a class of kinetic models of granular media: Asymptotics and entropy bounds

• We obtain new a priori estimates for spatially inhomogeneous solutions of a kinetic equation for granular media, as first proposed in [3] and, more recently, studied in [1]. In particular, we show that a family of convex functionals on the phase space is non-increasing along the flow of such equations, and we deduce consequences on the asymptotic behaviour of solutions. Furthermore, using an additional assumption on the interaction kernel and a potential for interaction'', we prove a global entropy estimate in the one-dimensional case.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 82C21, 82C22, 82C70.

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