Solving Boltzmann Equation: Guidance for Partial Differentiation

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Hi

I am trying to make the following equation to get Boltzmann equation which I write below.
<br /> f(\mathbf{x}+\frac{\mathbf{p}}{m}dt,\mathbf{p} + \mathbf{F}dt,t+dt) \,d\mathbf{x}\,d\mathbf{p}<br /> - f(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{p},t)d\mathbf{x}\,d\mathbf{p} =<br /> \left. \frac{\partial f(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{p},t)}{\partial t} \right|_{\mathrm{coll}} \, d\mathbf{x} \, d\mathbf{p} \, dt<br />

Boltzmann equation:
<br /> \frac{\partial f}{\partial t}<br /> + \frac{\partial f}{\partial \mathbf{x}} \cdot \frac{\mathbf{p}}{m}<br /> + \frac{\partial f}{\partial \mathbf{p}} \cdot \mathbf{F}<br /> = \left. \frac{\partial f}{\partial t} \right|_{\mathrm{coll}}<br />

So, should I do partial differentiation? But how to do that since I do not know the function exactly.. Can someone give me some guidances? Many thanks before.
 
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