Abstract:
We consider a finite heat conducting medium whose boundary is maintained at zero temperature and, moreover, to which the same amount of heat is supplied at a certain point at the instant when the temperature at this point decreases to a given level. Up to an arbitrary shift in time, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a periodic regime with a unique heat pulse during each period. We present an efficient algorithm for constructing this regime if the medium is either an n-dimensional ball heated at the center or an interval heated at an arbitrary point.
This publication is cited in the following 2 articles:
Chen Jong-Yi, “On a difference equation motivated by a heat conduction problem”, Taiwanese J. Math., 12:8 (2008), 2001–2007
Chen Jong-Yi, Chow Yunshyong, “A heat conduction problem with the temperature measured away from the heating point”, J. Difference Equ. Appl., 13:5 (2007), 431–441