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This document provides a review of exercises for a partial differential equations exam. It includes 7 exercises covering determining the order and linearity of PDEs, solving PDEs, finding general solutions to PDEs, using orthogonal polynomials to write functions as linear combinations, and determining Fourier series. The exercises progress from simpler problems like determining PDE properties to more complex problems like solving PDEs that satisfy boundary and initial conditions.

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This document provides a review of exercises for a partial differential equations exam. It includes 7 exercises covering determining the order and linearity of PDEs, solving PDEs, finding general solutions to PDEs, using orthogonal polynomials to write functions as linear combinations, and determining Fourier series. The exercises progress from simpler problems like determining PDE properties to more complex problems like solving PDEs that satisfy boundary and initial conditions.

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Partial Differential Equations Exam 1 Review Exercises

Spring 2012

Exercise 1. Determine the order of each of the following PDEs and state whether or not
they are linear. If an equation is linear, state whether or not it is homogeneous.

c. uxx + (x2 + y)uyy = 0


e. ux uy + uz = uxyz
g. (uxx + ux )tt + ex+y uy = 0
2u 2u 2u
h. + + = u + x1 x2 x3
x1 x2 x2 x3 x1 x3

Exercise 2. This problem concerns the partial differential equation


uxx + 3uxy + 2uyy = 0. (1)

a. If F and G are twice differentiable functions, show that

u(x, y) = F (2x y) + G(x y) (2)


is a solution to (1).
b. Use a linear change of variables to show that every solution to (1) has the form (2).
c. Find the solution to (1) that satisfies the initial conditions
x
u(x, 0) = and uy (x, 0) = 0 for all x.
x2 + 1

Exercise 3. Show that the general solution to uxy + ux = 0 has the form u(x, y) = F (y) +
ey G(x). [Suggestion: Notice that uxy + ux = (uy + u)x .]

Exercise 4. Find the general solution to the partial differential equation


 
u 4y 2 u
+ x +1 = 0.
x x y
Exercise 5. Find the solution to the wave equation utt = 9uxx that satisfies the boundary
and initial conditions
u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0 for all t,
 x 
u(x, 0) = sin for all 0 x 2,
2
ut (x, 0) = x for all 0 x 2.

Exercise 6. Let
f1 (x) = 1,
f2 (x) = 2x 1,
f3 (x) = 6x2 6x + 1,
f4 (x) = 20x3 30x2 + 12x 1.

a. Verify that the polynomials f1 (x) = 1, f2 (x) = 2x 1, f3 (x) = 6x2 6x + 1 and


f4 (x) = 20x3 30x2 + 12x 1 are pairwise orthogonal on [0, 1].
b. Let p(x) = x3 2. Use part a to write p as a linear combination of f1 , f2 , f3 and f4 .
[Suggestion: Recall that if
p = a1 f 1 + a2 f 2 + a3 f 3 + a4 f 4
then aj = hp, fj i/hfj , fj i.]
c. Explain why the procedure of part b fails if we take p(x) = x5 2x + 1.

Exercise 7. Let (
[x] if 1 x < 2,
f (x) =
f (x + 3) otherwise.

a. What function does the Fourier series of f (x) converge to?


b. Find the Fourier series for f (x):
i. By computing the Fourier coefficients using Eulers formulas.
ii. By realizing f (x) as a linear combination of translations, dilations or reflections of
functions with known Fourier series.

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