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It is well known that the heat diffusion equation

$$ u_t - u_{xx} = 0 ,\quad u(0, x ) = f(x) , $$

has the smoothing property.

The question is, how about the imaginary equivalent of it, namely the Schrodinger equation?

$$ i u_t = u_{xx} ,\quad u(0, x ) = f(x) . $$

If the initial state $f$ is not derivative at some point, is this property retained by the solution $u$?

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  • See https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/281145/connection-between-schr%C3%B6dinger-equation-and-heat-equation – obscurans Nov 30 '18 at 04:02
  • sometimes it seems, since $f(x)=\delta(x)$ corresponds to the fundamental solution, which is analytic – user254433 Nov 30 '18 at 04:15

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