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This document contains an assignment for a partial differential equations course given at IIT Kharagpur in Spring 2018. The 7-question assignment covers topics like finding PDEs from given surface equations, classifying PDE types, finding singular integrals and general solutions to various PDEs.

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This document contains an assignment for a partial differential equations course given at IIT Kharagpur in Spring 2018. The 7-question assignment covers topics like finding PDEs from given surface equations, classifying PDE types, finding singular integrals and general solutions to various PDEs.

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Department of Mathematics

IIT KHARAGPUR
Spring 2018
Subject Code: MA41022 Subject Name: Partial differential equations
Assignment 1

1. Find the partial differential equations arising from each of the following surfaces

(a) z = f (x2 + y 2 )
(b) z = x + y + f (xy)
(c) z = f (x − y)
(d) z = xy + f (x2 + y 2 )
(e) 2z = (ax + y)2 + b
(f) z = f (x − yz)
(g) z(x, y) = f (xy) + xg( xy )
(h) z = aebx sinby
(i) z = (x + a)(y + b)
(j) z = f (x) + g(y) + xy
(k) z = f (y) + xg(y) + x2 h(y)
0 y−y0
2. The equation of any cone with center at P0 = (x0 , y0 , z0 ) each of the form φ( x−x
z−z0 , z−z0 ) =
0 where φ denotes an arbitrary function. Find the PDE of the cone.

3. Show that z(x, y, t) = f (x + iky − iwt) + g(x − iky − iwt) is general solution of the wave
equation utt = c2 (uxx + uyy ) where f and g are arbitrary twice differentiable functions
and w2 = c2 (k 2 − 1), k, w, c are constants.

4. Classify the following PDEs

(a) zt + zzx = 0
(b) 2xzzxx + 2yzy = 0
(c) 3xzxx + 4yzxy + 5xyzx zy = 0
(d) 4xzxx + zyy = 0

5. Find the singular integral (if exists) of the following PDEs

(a) 2xp2 + 2yq = 0


(b) z = px + qy − p2 − q 2
(c) z 2 (1 + p2 + q 2 ) = 1

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6. Find the general solution of each of the following equations

(a) ap + bq = 0, a, b are constants


(b) p + yq = 0
(c) (1 + x2 )p + q = 0
(d) 2xyp + (x2 + y 2 )q = 0
(e) (y + z)p + yq = x − y
(f) y 2 p − xyq = x(z − 2y)
(g) yq − xp = 1
(h) y 2 zp + z 2 xq = −xy 2
(i) (y − xz)p + (x + yz)q = x2 + y 2
(j) p + zq = 0
(k) p − q = log(x + y)
(l) yzp − xzq = xy(x2 + y 2 )
(m) x2 p + y 2 q = z 2

7. Find the general solutions of the following

(a) x2 x3 p1 + x1 x3 p2 + x1 x2 p3 = 0
(b) x1 x3 p1 − x2 x3 p2 + p3 = z
∂z
(c) z(x1 p1 + x2 p2 + x3 p3 ) = 1 where pi = ∂xi , i = 1, 2, 3

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