A numerical solution to the two-dimensional nonlinear degenerate heat conduction equation with a source

Abstract

The paper develops an algorithm for solving the two-dimensional nonlinear degenerate parabolic heat conduction equation with a source depending on required function, with a specified law of heat wave front motion. The algorithm based on the boundary element method is implemented in the form of a program. To verify it, we use exact solutions the construction of which is reducible to solving a Cauchy problem for ordinary differential equations with a singularity before the highest derivative. The solutions to the Cauchy problem are constructed in the form of power series with recurrently computed coefficients (with a proof of the statement providing its convergence) and by the boundary element method.