Dynamic boundary condition for the heat equation ($b_t+\alpha u_x+\beta b=f$)

A dynamic boundary condition includes a time derivative of the boundary trace. For a half-line heat equation, $u_t(0,t)+\alpha u_x(0,t)+\beta u(0,t)=f(t)$ gives a separate boundary evolution coupled to the interior flux. Its Laplace transform contains the initial trace $u_0(0)$. The sign of $u_x$ differs from that of the outward normal derivative at a left endpoint.

For the dynamic boundary condition for the heat equation with $\alpha =2a$, $\beta =a^2$, the boundary resolvent denominator is $(\sqrt{p}-a{)}^2$. With the principal square root, its inverse kernel isEquivalently, $J_a={\int }_0^{\infty }r{e}^{ar}P(x+r,t)dr$ using the Heat Poisson kernel. This representation fixes the repeated-root sign and remains valid for either sign of $a$.

For $a>0$, the heat equation on a half-line with $u_t+2a{u}_x+a^{2}u=0$ at the left endpoint admits $u=e^{-ax+a^{2}t}$. The solution is spatially decaying and temporally growing. The boundary resolvent has a double pole at $p=a^2$, allowing generalized contributions proportional to $t{e}^{a^{2}t}$. For $a<0$ the root $\sqrt{p}=a$ is absent on the principal square root branch.