On , let , with , zero Dirichlet boundary conditions, and zero initial data. Write . Its stationary solution is . Subtracting it removes the forcing from the partial differential equation and leaves a heat equation with initial data .
Because the forcing is a single spatial eigenfunction, separation of variables gives the entire solution without mixing modes:
Its integral is ; even modes have zero signed net integral. Removing forcing from the evolution equation does not remove its amplitude from the initial data for the transient.

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