Heat equations for spatial derivatives #
If ∂ₜ u - Δ u = g in distributions on ℝ³ × I and U_k is the
distributional derivative ∂_k u, then ∂ₜ U_k - Δ U_k = ∂_k g in divergence
form, and in source form when ∂_k g is a function. Iterating along the words
of a space-time derivative family gives the equations for all spatial
derivatives of a solution up to the order of its source.
The spatial derivative of the backward heat operator applied to a test function is the backward heat operator applied to its spatial derivative.
A spatial derivative of a solution with source g solves the heat
equation with the divergence-form source ∂_k g.
If moreover ∂_k g is a function, the derivative solves the heat
equation with source ∂_k g.
The heat equations along a derivative family, through the order of the source.
The top-order heat equations in divergence form.