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# On behavior of signs for the heat equation and a diffusion method for data separation

• Consider the solution $u(x,t)$ of the heat equation with initial data $u_0$. The diffusive sign $S_D[u_0](x)$ is defined by the limit of sign of $u(x,t)$ as $t\to 0$. A sufficient condition for $x\in R^d$ and $u_0$ such that $S_D[u_0](x)$ is well-defined is given. A few examples of $u_0$ violating and fulfilling this condition are given. It turns out that this diffusive sign is also related to variational problem whose energy is the Dirichlet energy with a fidelity term. If initial data is a difference of characteristic functions of two disjoint sets, it turns out that the boundary of the set $S_D[u_0](x) = 1$ (or $-1$) is roughly an equi-distance hypersurface from $A$ and $B$ and this gives a separation of two data sets.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K05; Secondary: 35B40.

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