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2.2.6 Diffusion on a Cartesian grid
This example shows how to solve the diffusion equation on a Cartesian grid.

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from pde import CartesianGrid, DiffusionPDE, ScalarField
grid = CartesianGrid([[-1, 1], [0, 2]], [30, 16]) # generate grid
state = ScalarField(grid) # generate initial condition
state.insert([0, 1], 1)
eq = DiffusionPDE(0.1) # define the pde
result = eq.solve(state, t_range=1, dt=0.01)
result.plot(cmap="magma")
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