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Source identification for the heat equation. (English) Zbl 0696.35187

Summary: The problem of determining an unknown heat source in a homogeneous, semi- infinite slab from measured temperature and flux data is examined. When the source is separable into a product of temporal and spatial components, a functional relationship is derived that relates the Laplace transforms of these components. Examples considered include a point source with oscillating intensity and a spatial layer undergoing exponential decay. A source of non-separable type in the form of a moving front is also treated.

MSC:

35R30 Inverse problems for PDEs
35K05 Heat equation
44A10 Laplace transform
80A20 Heat and mass transfer, heat flow (MSC2010)
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