We consider the non-classical heat conduction equation, in the domain D = R n-1 × R + , for which the internal energy supply depends on an integral function in the time variable of the heat flux on the boundary S = ∂D, with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition and an initial condition. The problem is motivated by the modeling of temperature regulation in the medium. The solution to the problem is found using a Volterra integral equation of second kind in the time variable t with a parameter in R n-1 . The solution to this Volterra equation is the heat flux (y, s) → V(y, t) = u x (0, y, t) on S, which is an additional unknown of the considered problem. We show that a unique local solution, which can be extended globally in time, exists. Finally a one-dimensional case is studied with some simplifications. We obtain the solution explicitly by using the Adomian method, and we derive its properties.
MSC: 35C15; 35K05; 35K20; 35K60; 45D05; 45E10; 80A20Keywords: non-classical n-dimensional heat equation; nonlocal sources; Volterra integral equation; existence and uniqueness of solution; integral representation of solution; explicit solution in one-dimensional case and its properties