Write down the formula for the solution u=u(t,x) for t>0 of the initial value problem for the n-dimensional heat equation
∂t∂u−Δu=0u(0,x)=g(x)
for g:Rn→C a given smooth bounded function.
State and prove the Duhamel principle giving the solution v(t,x) for t>0 to the inhomogeneous initial value problem
∂t∂v−Δv=fv(0,x)=g(x)
for f=f(t,x) a given smooth bounded function.
For the case n=4 and when f=f(x) is a fixed Schwartz function (independent of t), find v(t,x) and show that w(x)=limt→+∞v(t,x) is a solution of
−Δw=f.
[Hint: you may use without proof the fact that the fundamental solution of the Laplacian on R4 is −1/(4π2∣x∣2).]