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An analog to the heat equation in complex space variables

Posted on:1992-08-03Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Rice UniversityCandidate:Tomlinson, Kathy AdieneFull Text:PDF
GTID:1470390014999642Subject:Mathematics
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Consider the operator;The key result is a formula for a fundamental solution, E. It is obtained formally using Fourier transforms. The formula is a linear combination of Fresnel-like integrals, divided by z and a power of t. It is a ;The proof that E is a fundamental solution is done by applying PE to a test function. It is similar to the standard analogous proof for the heat equation. The main difference is that E is not integrable for fixed non-zero t. Thus we do our calculations with Fourier transforms. This requires making some of the formal arguments in the derivation of E into rigorous ones. The basic tools for this are approximating functions, Cauchy's integral theorem, and Lebesgue's dominated convergence theorem.
Keywords/Search Tags:Heat equation, Fundamental solution, Fourier transforms
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