heat equation
partial differential equation for distribution of heat in a given region over time
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heat equation
Summary
heat equation is a parabolic partial differential equation[1]. It draws 1,317 Wikipedia views per month (parabolic_partial_differential_equation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- heat equation is credited with the discovery of Joseph Fourier[3].
- heat equation's image is recorded as Heat eqn.gif[4].
- heat equation's instance of is recorded as parabolic partial differential equation[5].
- heat equation's instance of is recorded as physical theory[6].
- heat equation's Commons category is recorded as Heat equation[7].
- heat equation's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1822-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
- heat equation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0166cq[9].
- heat equation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/heat-equation[10].
- heat equation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/heat-equation[11].
- heat equation's defining formula is recorded as \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} - \alpha \nabla^2 u = 0[12].
- heat equation's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[13].
- heat equation's MathWorld ID is recorded as HeatConductionEquation[14].
- heat equation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Heat-Equation[15].
- heat equation's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as particle-diffusion[16].
- heat equation's nLab ID is recorded as heat equation[17].
- heat equation's World of Physics ID is recorded as HeatConductionEquation[18].
- heat equation's World of Physics ID is recorded as HeatConductionEquation1-Dimensional[19].
- heat equation's World of Physics ID is recorded as HeatConductionEquation2-Dimensional[20].
- heat equation's World of Physics ID is recorded as HeatConductionEquation3-Dimensional[21].
- heat equation's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].
- heat equation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 202787564[23].
- heat equation's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Heat_Equation[24].
- heat equation's in defining formula is recorded as u[25].
- heat equation's in defining formula is recorded as t[26].
- heat equation's in defining formula is recorded as \nabla^2[27].
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Works and Contributions
heat equation is credited with the discovery of Joseph Fourier[3].
Why It Matters
heat equation draws 1,317 Wikipedia views per month (parabolic_partial_differential_equation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]