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OpenAI reports a regular-lifespan Boltzmann–Grad limit for stable radial potentials

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For stable finite-range radial pair potentials in the stated regularity class, grand-canonical Newtonian gases started from spatially summable C¹ data with Gaussian density and spatial-gradient bounds have every fixed scaled factorial marginal converge in full phase-space L¹, uniformly on any finite interval where the corresponding nonlinear Boltzmann equation has a nonnegative classical solution with the required Gaussian bound.

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OpenAI reports a regular-lifespan Boltzmann–Grad limit for stable radial potentials

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For stable finite-range radial pair potentials in the stated regularity class, grand-canonical Newtonian gases started from spatially summable C¹ data with Gaussian density and spatial-gradient bounds have every fixed scaled factorial marginal converge in full phase-space L¹, uniformly on any finite interval where the corresponding nonlinear Boltzmann equation has a nonnegative classical solution with the required Gaussian bound.

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For stable finite-range radial pair potentials in the stated regularity class, grand-canonical Newtonian gases started from spatially summable C¹ data with Gaussian density and spatial-gradient bounds have every fixed scaled factorial marginal converge in full phase-space L¹, uniformly on any finite interval where the corresponding nonlinear Boltzmann equation has a nonnegative classical solution with the required Gaussian bound.

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If correct, extends the regular-lifespan Boltzmann–Grad limit from hard spheres to the stable radial potential class, including attractive wells and noninjective scattering maps.

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Does the Boltzmann–Grad limit hold throughout regular kinetic intervals for stable radial potentials?

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