On exact solutions to a heat wave propagation boundary-value problem for a nonlinear heat equation

The paper deals with a nonlinear second order parabolic PDE, which is usually called “the nonlinear heat equation”. We construct and study a particular class of solutions having the form of a heat wave that propagates on a cold (zero) background with finite velocity. The equation degenerates on the front of a heat wave and its order decreases. This fact complicates the study. We prove a new existence and uniqueness theorem for a boundary-value problem with a given heat-wave front in the class of analytical functions. Also, we are looking for exact heat-wave type solutions. The construction of these solutions is reduced to integration of the nonlinear second order ODE with singularity.