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Math2065: Intro To Pdes Tutorial Questions (Week 6)

This document contains 5 tutorial questions for the course MATH2065: Intro to PDEs covering topics like: 1) Solving the 1D wave equation with boundary conditions to determine eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. 2) Solving the heat equation with various boundary and initial conditions. 3) Applying the method of separation of variables to solve the 1D wave equation subject to boundary and initial conditions modeling an oscillating string.

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Math2065: Intro To Pdes Tutorial Questions (Week 6)

This document contains 5 tutorial questions for the course MATH2065: Intro to PDEs covering topics like: 1) Solving the 1D wave equation with boundary conditions to determine eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. 2) Solving the heat equation with various boundary and initial conditions. 3) Applying the method of separation of variables to solve the 1D wave equation subject to boundary and initial conditions modeling an oscillating string.

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MATH2065: INTRO TO PDEs

Semester 2, 2009
Tutorial Questions (Week 6)

1. Determine the eigenvalues λ and corresponding eigenfunctions of the differential equation

d2 φ
+ λφ = 0
dx2
dφ
with boundary conditions φ(0) = 0 and (L) = 0. Analyze the three cases with real λ:
dx
λ > 0, λ = 0, λ < 0.

∂u ∂ 2u
2. Solve the heat equation = k 2 with boundary conditions u(0, t) = 0 and u(L, t) = 0
∂t ∂x
and initial conditions u(x, 0) = 3 sin πx
L
− sin 3πx
L
.
(
1 0 < x ≤ L/2
3. As the previous problem but with initial condition u(x, 0) = .
2 L/2 < x < L

∂u ∂ 2u ∂u ∂u
4. Solve the heat equation = k 2 with boundary conditions ∂x
(0, t) = 0 and ∂x
(L, t) =0
∂t ∂x
for t > 0 and three different initial conditions given by
(
0 x < L/2
(a) u(x, 0) = .
1 x > L/2
3πx
(b) u(x, 0) = 6 + 4 cos .
L
8πx
(c) u(x, 0) = − cos .
L

5. In this problem, we apply the idea of separation of variables that we have learnt mainly
within the context of the heat equation, to the wave equation. Consider the initial-boundary
value problem
∂ 2u 2
2 ∂ u
= c
∂t2 ∂x2
in the domain 0 < x < L, t > 0, subject to the boundary and initial conditions

u(0, t) = 0 for t ≥ 0,
u(L, t) = 0 for t ≥ 0,
u(x, 0) = 0 for 0 ≤ x ≤ L,
∂u 4πx
(x, 0) = 3 c sin for 0 ≤ x ≤ L.
∂t L
Here, the unknown is u = u(x, t), and c and L are positive constants. This models a string
tied at the endpoints x = 0 and x = L, and given an initial vertical velocity 3c sin 4πx
L
at
time zero when it is in a purely horizontal position.
Solve the given initial-boundary value problem using separation of variables.

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