Reflection principles for temperature functions (Q1976569)

The author proves the following theorem. Let \(\Omega =\{(x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^{2}:0<t<T\), \(\left|x\right|<R\}\), \(\Omega ^{+}=\{(x,t)\in \Omega :x>0\}\), \(\Omega ^{-}=\{(x,t)\in \Omega : x<0\}\), \(E=\{(x,t)\in \Omega :x=0\}.\) If \(u(x,t)\) satisfies the heat equation \(u_{t}=u_{xx}\) in \(\Omega ^{+}\) and \(\lim_{x\rightarrow 0+}\int u(x,t)\phi (t)dt=0\) for every infinitely differentiable function \(\phi (t)\) with support in \(E\), then \(u(x,t)\) can be extended as a temperature function by the relation \(u(x,t)=-u(-x,t)\) on \(\Omega ^{-}\). An application to a problem in infinite rod with a growth condition in \(t\) is discussed.