To solve the 2D heat equation in Matlab, we can use the built-in pdepe function which solves partial differential equations using the method of lines. Here is a code example that solves the 2D heat equation:
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In this example, we define the domain and the initial conditions, and then specify the diffusion coefficient D and the boundary conditions using the createMesh2D function. The pdepe function then solves the PDE over the time vector tspan, and we extract the solution vector u from the solution matrix sol.
Note that we also need to define three additional functions pdex4pde, pdex4ic, and pdex4bc which describe the PDE, the initial conditions, and the boundary conditions, respectively. Here are the definitions of these functions:
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