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2016 A Heat Conduction Problem on Some Semi-infinite Regions
Jong-Yi Chen, Yunshyong Chow
Taiwanese J. Math. 20(2): 387-398 (2016). DOI: 10.11650/tjm.20.2016.6165
Abstract

An infinite homogeneous $d$-dimensional medium initially is at zero temperature. A heat impulse is applied at the origin, raising the temperature there to a value greater than a constant value $u_0 \gt 0$. The temperature at the origin then decays, and when it reaches $u_0$, another equal-sized heat impulse is applied at time $t_1$. Subsequent equal-sized heat impulses are applied at the origin at times $t_n$, $n \geq 2$, when the temperature there has decayed to $u_0$. The waiting-time sequence $\{ t_n - t_{n-1} \}$ can be defined recursively by a difference equation and its asymptotic behavior was first proposed as a conjecture by Myshkis in $1997$.

In this paper we study the same heating-time problem set on semi-infinite regions $[-L, L] \times \mathbb{R}$ and $\{(x, y) : x^2 + y^2 \leq L \} \times \mathbb{R}$ with insulated boundary condition and all actions taking place at some point $\boldsymbol{p}$ which needs not be the origin.

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Jong-Yi Chen and Yunshyong Chow "A Heat Conduction Problem on Some Semi-infinite Regions," Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics 20(2), 387-398, (2016). https://doi.org/10.11650/tjm.20.2016.6165
Published: 2016
Vol.20 • No. 2 • 2016
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