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Foil 5 Examples of Different Types of Partial Differential Equations:
The Parabolic Equation

From CPS615 Module on Iterative PDE Solvers CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 95. by Geoffrey C. Fox
This is a heat or other type of diffusion equation lying intermediate between elliptic and hyperbolic equations
where y is temperature
  • k = K/Cr is the rate of heat diffusion
  • and K is thermal conductivity
  • C is specific heat
  • r is the density

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