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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

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On the Cauchy problem for the one-dimensional heat equation
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Abstract:

In this paper we show that the Cauchy problem for the one-dimensional heat equation, though non-well posed in the sense of Hadamard, can be solved numerically. It is shown that if we admit as solutions functions for which an a priori bound is assumed in some finite rectangle in xt space then the solution depends Hölder continuously upon the given Cauchy data. The specific numerical scheme developed also exhibits the Hölder continuity so that we are sure of a meaningful numerical method.
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  • © Copyright 1963 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 17 (1963), 257-269
  • MSC: Primary 35.78
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1963-0162064-8
  • MathSciNet review: 0162064