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The nonlinear equation of heat conduction is solved by the method of finite differences. The results are compared with the solution to the same problem obtained by the variational method.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 121–125, July, 1972.
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Lorenzini, E. Heat conduction with a temperature-dependent thermal conductivity. Journal of Engineering Physics 23, 890–893 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826265
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826265