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One obtains the temperature field generated by an instantaneous point source in the layer. It is shown that the solution can be obtained by the method of images in the plane.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 535–540, September, 1969.
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Gaponenko, N.P., Zaks, D.I. The method of images for solving the equations of heat conduction in layered media. Journal of Engineering Physics 17, 1162–1166 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00827829
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