
An infinite homogeneous d-dimensional medium initially is at zero temperature, u=0. A heat impulse is applied at the origin, raising the temperature there to a value greater than a constant value u0>0. The temperature at the origin then decays, and when it reaches u0, another equal-sized heat impulse is applied at a normalized time τ1=1. Subsequent equal-sized heat impulses are applied at the origin at the normalized times τn, n=2,3,…, when the temperature there has decayed to u0. This sequence of normalized waiting times τn can be defined recursively by [Formula: see text] where d>0. This heat conduction problem was studied by Myshkis (J. Differential Equations Appl.3 (1997), 89–91), and he posed the problem to find an asymptotic expression for the τn as n→∞. The cases for dimensions d=1 and d≥3 have been treated by Chen, Chow, and Hsieh (J. Differential Equations Appl.6 (2000), 309–318). Here, we deal with the two-dimensional case, d=2.
Stability of difference equations, heat equation, Heat equation, Difference equation, recurrent relation, asymptotic behavior, Feedback control
Stability of difference equations, heat equation, Heat equation, Difference equation, recurrent relation, asymptotic behavior, Feedback control
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