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Math 6410 • ODE

Spring 2020 • Question 8

  1. Why does the heat/diffusion equation imply infinite propagation speed?
  2. Why does the wave equation imply finite propagation speed?

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\begin{enumerate}
\item[(a)] Why does the heat/diffusion equation imply \textit{infinite} propagation
speed?
\item[(b)] Why does the wave equation imply \textit{finite} propagation speed?
\end{enumerate}