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We point out an error in our earlier papers [1] and [2] and present a more direct and natural proof which, although based on the same physical ideas of the previous ones, saves and actually improves the validity results for the Boltzmann equation given in [1] and [2].
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Illner, R., Pulvirenti, M.: Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for a two-dimensional rare gas in vacuum. Commun. Math. Phys.105, 189–203 (1986)
Pulvirenti, M.: Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for a three-dimensional rare gas in vacuum. Commun. Math. Phys.113, 79–85 (1987)
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Communicated by J. L. Lebowitz
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Illner, R., Pulvirenti, M. Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for two- and three-dimensional rare gas in vacuum: Erratum and improved result. Commun.Math. Phys. 121, 143–146 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218628
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218628