On the numerical solution of direct and inverse problems for the heat equation in a semi-infinite region (Q1807791)

An initial-boundary value problem of the heat equation in a region with infinite and finite boundaries, called the direct problem, and a corresponding problem of determining a boundary part for the bounded domain from the knowledge of the rest of the boundary and the heat flux on it, called the inverse problem, are considered. Some results are obtained with regard to the numerical solutions of the direct problem by the method of boundary integral equations of the first kind and of the inverse problem of the Newton method. For illustration sake, numerical experiments are performed.