Question

In mathematics, an initial condition (also called a seed value), is a value of an evolving variable at some point in time designated as the initial time (t=0).

(a) False

(b) True

The question was asked by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My question is taken from Derivation and Solution of Two-dimensional Heat Equation topic in portion Applications of Partial Differential Equations of Engineering Mathematics

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) True

To elaborate: Another definition of initial condition may be stated as, ‘any of a set of starting-point values belonging to or imposed upon the variables in an equation that has one or more arbitrary constants’