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boundary condition

A constraint the solution (or its derivative) must satisfy at the edge of the spatial region.

A boundary condition specifies the value of u, a derivative of u, or some combination of the two, on the boundary of the spatial region a PDE is solved over -- distinct from an initial condition, which constrains u at a starting time instead.

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Dirichlet condition Neumann condition Robin condition initial condition
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