Solution

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Conservation of thermal energy and Fourier's law give the heat equations
The density times the specific heat capacity, , is the volumetric heat capacity, and is the thermal conductivity.
The condition holds the left exterior face at a fixed zero reference temperature; does the same for the right exterior face. The condition expresses perfect thermal contact, with no temperature jump at the interface. Finally,
expresses continuity of the signed heat flux in the positive direction: the interface neither stores nor produces heat.

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