ALGEBRAIC OPERATOR APPROACH TO GAS KINETIC-MODELS

Some general properties of the linear Boltzmann kinetic equation are u sed to present it in the form partial derivative(t) phi=-(A) over cap dagger <(A)over cap phi> with the operators (A) over cap and (A) over cap dagger possessing some nontrivial algebraic properties. When appli ed to the Keilson-Storer kinetic model, this method gives an example o f quantum (q-deformed) Lie algebra. This approach provides also a natu ral generalization of the ''kangaroo model''.