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6.4.2: Uniqueness

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    Sufficiently regular solutions of the initial-boundary value problem (6.4.1)-(6.4.3) are uniquely determined since from

    \begin{eqnarray*}
    c_t&=&D\triangle c\ \ \mbox{in}\ \Omega\times (0,\infty)\\
    c(x,0)&=&0\\
    \frac{\partial c}{\partial n}&=& 0\ \ \mbox{on}\ \partial\Omega\times (0,\infty).
    \end{eqnarray*}
    it follows that for each \(\tau>0\)
    \begin{eqnarray*}
    0&=&\int_0^\tau\ \int_\Omega\ \left(c_tc-D(\triangle c)c\right)\ dxdt\\
    &=&\int_\Omega\ \int_0^\tau\ \frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial}{\partial t}(c^2)\ dtdx+D\int_\Omega\ \int_0^\tau\ |\nabla_xc|^2\ dxdt\\
    &=&\frac{1}{2}\int_\Omega\ c^2(x,\tau)\ dx+D\int_\Omega\ \int_0^\tau\ |\nabla_xc|^2\ dxdt.
    \end{eqnarray*}

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