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MA3115 Problem Sheet-1

This document contains a list of problems related to partial differential equations (PDEs). The problems involve classifying and reducing PDEs to canonical form, solving initial value problems for various PDEs, and finding general solutions to PDEs under given conditions.

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MA3115 Problem Sheet-1

This document contains a list of problems related to partial differential equations (PDEs). The problems involve classifying and reducing PDEs to canonical form, solving initial value problems for various PDEs, and finding general solutions to PDEs under given conditions.

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MA 3115: Problem Sheet 1: Computational Methods for PDE

1) Determine the region in which the given PDE is hyperbolic, parabolic, or elliptic, and trans-
form the equation in the respective region to canonical form.

(i) y 2 uxx − x2 uyy = 0. (vii)* uxx + (2 csc y)uxy + (csc2 y)uyy = 0.


(ii) uxx − (1 + y 2 )2 uyy = 0.
(viii) x2 uxx − 2xyuxy + y 2 uyy = ex .
(iii) xuxx − (x + y)uxy + yuyy = 0.
(iv) yuxx + 3yuxy + 3ux = 0 (ix)* sin2 xuxx + 2 sin2 xuxy + cos2 xuyy = x
(v) xuxx + uyy = x2 (x)* (xy−1)uxx −2(x2 y 2 −1)uxy −(xy+1)uyy +
(vi)* x2 uxx + 2xyuxy + y 2 uyy = 0. xux + yuy = 0.

2) Classify the given PDE as hyperbolic, parabolic or elliptic and reduce it to canonical form.
Also find the general solution of the PDE.

(i) uxx − 4uxy + 4uyy = ey . (iv)* uxx + 2uxy + uyy = 0


(ii)* uxx + uxy + uyy + ux = 0. (v)* uxx + 2uxy + 5uyy + ux = 0
(iii) 3uxx + 10uxy + 3uyy = 0 (vi) 4uxx + 5uxy + uyy + ux + uy = 2.

3) Classify the following second order PDEs :


X
(i) uxx + 2uxy − 3uyz + 5uzz = 0. (v) uxi xj = 0.
1≤i<j≤n
(ii)* uxx + 2uxy + uyy + 2uzz − (1 + xy)u = 0. n
X X
y2 (vi) uxi xi + uxi xj = 0.
(iii) uxx + 2uyz + (cos x)uz e u = coshz.
i=1 1≤i<j≤n
z 2 2 2 2
(iv)* e uxy − uxx = log(x + y + z + 1). (vii) uxx − 2x uxz + uyy + uzz = 0

4) Reduce the Tricomi equation uxx + xuyy = 0 to the following form

(i) uξη − [6(ξ − η)]−1 (uξ − uη ) = 0, for x < 0


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(ii) uαα + uββ + uβ = 0 for x > 0
3β
5) * Show that u(x, y) = f (2y + x2 ) + g(2y − x2 ) is a general solution of the equation
1
uxx − ux − x2 uyy = 0,
x

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6) Solve the following initial value problem (IVP) for the forced wave equation

utt − c2 uxx = xet ,


u(x, 0) = sin(x), ut (x, 0) = 0.

7) * Solve the following initial value problem (IVP) for the forced wave equation

utt − c2 uxx = ex ,
u(x, 0) = 5, ut (x, 0) = x2 .

8) Solve the following problem

utt − uxx = 0 0 < x < ∞, t > 0


u(x, 0) = x2 , ut (x, 0) = 6x 0≤x<∞
2
u(0, t) = t t > 0,

and evaluate u(4, 1) and u(1, 4).

9) For the Cauchy problem

uxx + uxt − 20utt = 0 − ∞ < x < ∞, t > 0


u(x, 0) = f (x), ut (x, 0) = g(x) − ∞ < x < ∞,

first determine the general solution to the equation, then use the initial data to obtain an
analogue to dAlemberts formula.

10) Let u(x, t) be a solution of the equation utt −uxx = 0 in the whole plane. Suppose that ux (x, t)
is constant on the line x = 1 + t. Assume, also that u(x, 0) = 1 and u(1, 1) = 3. Find such a
solution u(x, t).

11) * Find the general solution of the problem

uttx − uxxx = 0 − ∞ < x < ∞, t > 0


ux (x, 0) = 0, uxt (x, 0) = sin(x) − ∞ < x < ∞.

12) Without using the d’Alembert formula find a solution u(x, t) of the problem

utt − uxx = cos(x + t) − ∞ < x < ∞, t > 0


u(x, 0) = x, ut (x, 0) = sin(x) − ∞ < x < ∞.

Note : *denotes the problems to be practiced.

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