Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / iii / Paper 8 / 2 / a

Fix $t,x$. The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality in the integration variable $v_{\ast }$ givesIntegrate first in $v$, then in $x$. The uniform kernel hypothesis bounds the first factor after velocity integration by $C^2$, independently of $t,x$. HenceThe linear Boltzmann collision operator is linear by its integral definition, so this proves it is a bounded linear operator on $L_{x,v}^2$. The estimate is the Hilbert-Schmidt kernel bound applied at each spatial point. The printed real-kernel square is $|k{|}^2$ for a complex kernel. Measurability of the coefficients is understood so that the displayed integrals are defined.