Problem 51322. Solve an ODE: diffusion problem 1

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 264.25px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 132.125px; transform-origin: 407px 132.125px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 28px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 28px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">Problem</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 295.017px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 295.017px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">In the solution of a problem involving diffusion, the following ordinary differential equation arises</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="f''+a eta f' = 0" style="width: 91px; height: 18px;" width="91" height="18"></span></div><div style="block-size: 42.25px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21.125px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21.125px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 21.0083px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 21.0083px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">where </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">a</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 298.233px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 298.233px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> is a positive constant and primes denote differentiation with respect to the independent variable </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">η</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 45.1167px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 45.1167px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">. The problem has the conditions </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-6px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="f(0) = f0" style="width: 60px; height: 20px;" width="60" height="20"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 15.5583px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 15.5583px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> and </span></span><span style="vertical-align:-5px"><img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="f(infinity) = 0" style="width: 65px; height: 19px;" width="65" height="19"></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.94167px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 1.94167px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 194.342px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 194.342px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Write a function to solve this problem—that is, return values of </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">f</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 69.2333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 69.2333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> at specified values of </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;STIXGeneral&quot;, &quot;STIXGeneral-webfont&quot;, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">η</span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.88333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 3.88333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">. </span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 40.8333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 40.8333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="font-weight: 700; ">Background</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 63px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 31.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 31.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 372.133px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 372.133px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">The physical problem involves diffusion of a quantity from one point where the concentration is maintained at a constant value into a medium in which the concentration is zero far away. The ODE results from transforming the diffusion equation—a partial differential equation in time and a spatial coordinate—with a similarity solution. </span></span></div></div></div>

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