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Differential Equations : Solution to Heat Equation

Consider the heat equation
.
Show that if   where   and  is a constant, then   satisfies the ordinary differential equation
                ,   (where ).

Show that
  =  

is independent of  only if  . Further, show that if  then

  

where C is an arbitrary constant. From this last ordinary differential equation, and assuming  , deduce that
  

is a solution of the heat equation (here A is an arbitrary constant).

Show that as  tends to zero from above,
    for  
and that for all  

where B is a (finite) constant.

Given that , find B. What physical and/or probabilistic interpretation might one give to  

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Consider the heat equation

.

satisfies the ordinary differential equation

).

Show that



then



, deduce that



is a solution of the heat equation (here A is an arbitrary constant).

tends to zero from above,







where B is a (finite) constant.



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