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Consider the diffusion equation:
on the time-dependent domain
where a is a constant. We wish to solve the initial and boundary value problem having
for and a prescribed . Thus, u is prescribed as a function of time on the left boundary that moves at a constant speed a.
a) Introduce the transformation of variables
and solve the resulting problem by Laplace transforms.
b) Calculate the appropriate Green's function for the problem in x, t variables and
rederive the solution using this.
This problem is taken from Partial Differential Equations: Analytical Solution Techniques, by J. Kevorkian. (Prob. 1.4.7)
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