Asymptotic expansion of fundamental solutions of higher order heat equations (Q4396350)

The paper deals with higher order heat type equations of the form \[ {{\partial u}\over{\partial t}} =c_n{{{\partial}^n u}\over{{\partial}x^n}},\;n\geq 2, \;t>0,\;x\in\mathbb{R}^1, \] subject to the initial conditions \(u(x,0)=\delta(x)\), where constants \(c_n\) are either real-valued or purely imaginary numbers, and \(\delta(x)\) denotes the Dirac delta function. The asymptotic behaviour of the fundamental solutions of such equations are investigated. In particular, for the third order equations with the real-valued and imaginary coefficients the asymptotics of solutions is analyzed as \(x\to\infty\) or \(x\to {-\infty}\). For the general even-order equations with \(n=2m\), \(m\geq 2\), \(c_{2m}=(-1)^{m+1}b\), two cases \(b=1\) and \(b=i\) are examined in detail.