Heat equation, analytic solution to square with high heat in center and low heat along edges.

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Being inspired by some other question of the Heat equation in 2 spatial dimensions: $$\Delta T + \frac{\partial T}{\partial t} = 0\\\left(\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial x^2}+\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial y^2}\right)T + \frac{\partial T}{\partial t}=0$$

I made a small experiment with the following setup:

  1. A rectangular area,

  2. heat source as a point in the middle (constant high temperature)

  3. the edges have a constant low temperature,

  4. the starting temperature for everything in between is the same as the rectangular border.


How can I analytically derive the solution that this will have? I have been thinking about Fourier analysis where I think is common to solve problems like this, but it was such a long time I don't remember it all.

I am mostly curious to see if I can compare to / verify my home built numerical scheme which does find a solution on a discrete grid.