Definition:Heat Equation/Also known as
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Heat Equation: Also known as
The heat equation is also known as the diffusion equation.
Some sources refer to this equation as Fourier's equation, for Joseph Fourier, but while the attribution is clear, this usage is rare.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{VI}$: On the Seashore
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): diffusion equation
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): heat equation