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IN a review in NATURE1 it is stated that the equation of conduction of heat can be regarded only as a limiting case of an equation arising in the calculus of variations. A successful attempt has been made, however, to derive the equation directly from a variation problem of an unusual type.
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NATURE, 129, 850, June 11, 1932.
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BATEMAN, H. Variation Problems for a Symmetrical Region. Nature 131, 472 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131472a0
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