Assignment - 2 Topics: Classification of Solutions (Or Integrals) As Complete Integral (CI), General Integral
Assignment - 2 Topics: Classification of Solutions (Or Integrals) As Complete Integral (CI), General Integral
Topics: Classification of solutions (or integrals) as Complete Integral (CI), General Integral
(GI), Particular Integral (PI), Singular Integral (SI) of 1st order PDE, Lagrange’s method (or
Method of Characteristics) to find general solution (or GI) of 1st order linear/semi-linear/quasi-
linear/non-linear PDE, Integral Surface through a given curve (Cauchy Problem) for 1st order
PDE, Surface orthogonal to given surface.
1. Find the general solution of each of the following PDE by Lagrange’s method:-
a) 𝑦𝑧𝑝 + 𝑧𝑥𝑞 = 𝑥𝑦
b) (𝑥 − 𝑧)𝑝 + (𝑧 − 𝑦)𝑞 = 0
c) 𝑥 2 𝑝 − 𝑦 2 𝑞 = (𝑥 − 𝑦)𝑧
2. Find the integral surface of each of the following PDE by method of characteristic:
a) (2𝑧 − 𝑦)𝑝 + (𝑥 + 𝑧)𝑞 + 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
b) (𝑝 − 𝑞) = log(𝑥 + 𝑦)
3. For following 1st order PDEs, write down Lagrange’s auxiliary equation and find two integral
curves of that equation:
a) 𝑝 tan𝑥 + 𝑞 tan𝑦 = tan𝑧
b) 𝑝 + 5𝑞 = 9𝑧 + tan(𝑦 – 5𝑥)
𝜕𝑧
3. Find the general integral of each of the following equations in which 𝑝𝑗 = ( 𝑗 = 1,2,3):-
𝜕𝑥𝑗
a) 𝑥2 𝑝1 + 𝑥1 𝑝2 + 𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑝3 = 0
b) 𝑥1 𝑥3 𝑝1− 𝑥2 𝑥3 𝑝2 + 𝑝3 = 𝑧
c) 𝑧(𝑝1 + 𝑝2 + 𝑝3 ) = 1
d) 𝑧(𝑥1 𝑝1 + 𝑥2 𝑝2 + 𝑥3 𝑝3 ) = 1
e) 𝑥2 𝑥3 𝑝1 + 𝑥1 𝑥3 𝑝2 + 𝑥1 𝑥2 𝑝3 = 0
4. Find the integral surface of the PDE 𝑥(𝑦 2 + 𝑧)𝑝 − 𝑦(𝑥 2 + 𝑧)𝑞 = (𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 )𝑧 which contains the
straight line 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0, 𝑧 = 1.
7. Find the system of surfaces orthogonal to given system of surfaces given by 𝑧 = 𝑐𝑥𝑦(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ), 𝑐
is a free parameter.
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