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Solution of linear one-dimensional diffusion equations

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The paper introduces a basic mathematical form, which is characteristic of a number of linear one-dimensional diffusion equations with coefficients being represented as simple polynomials in the spatial coordinate. A number of particular diffusion equations are introduced and their corresponding exact mathematical solutions are obtained.

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  1. G. W. Swan

    Present address: Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ

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Swan, G.W. Solution of linear one-dimensional diffusion equations. Bltn Mathcal Biology 38, 1–13 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459536

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