Existence of self-similar solutions to Smoluchowski’s coagulation equation with product kernel

We explore, by using formal analysis, the existence of mass conserving self-similar solutions for Smoluchowski’s coagulation equation when kernel K(x, y) = x λ y µ + x µ y λ with 0 < λ + µ < 1.

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