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2026
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18269 |
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- Since the pioneering work of James E. Broadwell, discrete velocity models (DVMs) have played a fundamental role in approximating the Boltzmann equation and in the analysis of non-equilibrium gas dynamics. Despite their apparent simplicity, many fundamental analytical questions remain open, in particular the global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions, even for the widely studied four-velocity Broadwell model. In this paper, we establish the global-in-time existence and uniqueness of classical solutions to the nonstationary four-velocity Broadwell system in a rectangular domain. The analysis is carried out in a class of continuous functions possessing, except possibly on a finite number of planes, continuous first-order partial derivatives. Our approach is based on fixed point arguments combined with suitable a priori estimates that provide uniform bounds on the solution and its first-order partial derivatives. These bounds ensure that the solution remains controlled for all time and can be extended globally. We prove the existence of a unique bounded continuous solution whose first-order partial derivatives are also bounded. These results provide a rigorous well-posedness framework for this prototypical discrete velocity model and contribute to a deeper understanding of the analytical properties of discrete velocity models, which serve as systematic approximations of the Boltzmann equation in the study of non-equilibrium gas dynamics.