When does the heat equation have a solution with a sequence of similar level sets?

DOI10.1007/S10231-014-0435-1zbMATH Open1331.35149arXiv1403.6203OpenAlexW3101212039MaRDI QIDQ893366FDOQ893366

Authors: Tatsuki Kawakami, Shigeru Sakaguchi 

Publication date: 19 November 2015

Published in: Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we consider the overdetermined Cauchy problem for the heat equation. We prove that if the problem has a nontrivial nonnegative solution with a certain sequence of similar level sets, then the solution must be radially symmetric.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.6203

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zbMATH Keywords

heat equationoverdetermined Cauchy problemsimilar level sets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heat equation (35K05) Overdetermined initial value problems for PDEs and systems of PDEs (35N20)

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