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When does the heat equation have a solution with a sequence of similar level sets?

Analysis of PDEs 2014-06-20 v2

Abstract

In this paper we consider the overdetermined Cauchy problem for the heat equation. We prove that if the problem has a nontrivial nonnegative solution with a certain sequence of similar level sets, then the solution must be radially symmetric.

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@article{arxiv.1403.6203,
  title  = {When does the heat equation have a solution with a sequence of similar level sets?},
  author = {Tatsuki Kawakami and Shigeru Sakaguchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.6203},
  year   = {2014}
}