3.II.29A

Partial Differential Equations
Part II, 2006

Write down the formula for the solution u=u(t,x)u=u(t, x) for t>0t>0 of the initial value problem for the nn-dimensional heat equation

utΔu=0u(0,x)=g(x)\begin{gathered} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}-\Delta u=0 \\ u(0, x)=g(x) \end{gathered}

for g:RnCg: \mathbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{C} a given smooth bounded function.

State and prove the Duhamel principle giving the solution v(t,x)v(t, x) for t>0t>0 to the inhomogeneous initial value problem

vtΔv=fv(0,x)=g(x)\begin{aligned} &\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}-\Delta v=f \\ &v(0, x)=g(x) \end{aligned}

for f=f(t,x)f=f(t, x) a given smooth bounded function.

For the case n=4n=4 and when f=f(x)f=f(x) is a fixed Schwartz function (independent of t)t), find v(t,x)v(t, x) and show that w(x)=limt+v(t,x)w(x)=\lim _{t \rightarrow+\infty} v(t, x) is a solution of

Δw=f-\Delta w=f \text {. }

[Hint: you may use without proof the fact that the fundamental solution of the Laplacian on R4\mathbb{R}^{4} is 1/(4π2x2).]\left.-1 /\left(4 \pi^{2}|x|^{2}\right) .\right]