# The Azimuth Project Boltzmann equation (changes)

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## Idea

As Wikipedia defines it:

The Boltzmann equation, also often known as the Boltzmann transport equation, devised by Ludwig Boltzmann, describes the statistical distribution of one particle in a fluid. It is one of the most important equations of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, the area of statistical mechanics that deals with systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium; for instance, when there is an applied temperature gradient or electric field. The Boltzmann equation is used to study how a fluid transports physical quantities such as heat and charge, and thus to derive transport properties such as electrical conductivity, Hall conductivity, viscosity, and thermal conductivity.Solutions to the 140-year-old Boltzmann equation were not known until 2010.

$\frac{\partial f}{\partial t} + \frac{\partial f}{\partial \vec{x}} \frac {\vec{p}}{m} + \frac{\partial f}{\partial \vec{p}} F = \frac{\partial f}{\partial t}|_coll$

$F(\vec{x}, t)$ is the force field acting on the particles in the fluid, and $m$ is the mass of the particles. The term on the right hand side is added to describe the effect of collisions between particles; if it is zero then the particles do not collide.