In one dimension, compare the plane wave solutions to the heat equation ?T/?t = a? 2 T/?x

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In one dimension, compare the plane wave solutions to the heat equation ?T/?t = a?2T/?x2 with plane wave solutions to the free Schr?dinger equation

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Show that the heat equation has real solutions that oscillate in space and decay in time, whereas the Schr?dinger equation has complex solutions that oscillate in both space and time.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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