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Physics, 14.06.2021 22:40 personm21

In the Fourier heat equation we have dT/dt = alpha * (d^2T/dx^2), with alpha being the proportionality constant. What I do understand is the relation between derivatives of x and t, but why the proportionality constant? How does it even make sense?

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