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Math2065: Intro To Pdes Tutorial Questions (Week 5)

This document contains 6 tutorial questions for a course on partial differential equations (PDEs). Question 1 asks students to verify that a given function is a solution to the heat equation. Question 2 asks students to verify solutions to the wave equation and introduces D'Alembert's solution. Question 3 asks students to find the equilibrium temperature distribution for a rod with boundary conditions. Question 4 extends this to a rod with a heat source term. Question 5 asks students to verify that Laplace's equation satisfies the principle of superposition. Question 6 asks students to apply the method of separation of variables to 3 given PDEs.

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Math2065: Intro To Pdes Tutorial Questions (Week 5)

This document contains 6 tutorial questions for a course on partial differential equations (PDEs). Question 1 asks students to verify that a given function is a solution to the heat equation. Question 2 asks students to verify solutions to the wave equation and introduces D'Alembert's solution. Question 3 asks students to find the equilibrium temperature distribution for a rod with boundary conditions. Question 4 extends this to a rod with a heat source term. Question 5 asks students to verify that Laplace's equation satisfies the principle of superposition. Question 6 asks students to apply the method of separation of variables to 3 given PDEs.

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MATH2065: INTRO TO PDEs

Semester 2, 2009
Tutorial Questions (Week 5)

1. To practice your partial differentiation, verify that


2 kt
u(x, t) = sin (2πx) e−4π
is a solution to the heat equation
∂u ∂ 2u
=k 2.
∂t ∂x

2. Verify that u(x, t) = sin (x − ct) is a solution to the wave equation


∂ 2u 2
2 ∂ u
= c ,
∂t2 ∂x2
which one might also write using the subscript notation for partial derivatives as
utt = c2 uxx .
Indeed, if f and g are any two differentiable functions, verify that
u(x, t) = f (x − ct) + g (x + ct)
works as a solution to the wave equation. (This rather amazing fact is called D’Alembert’s
solution to the wave equation.)

3. Find the equilibrium temperature distribution for a one-dimensional homogeneous rod with
no heat source and boundary conditions u(0) = T and u(L) = 0.

4. Find the equilibrium temperature distribution for a one-dimensional homogeneous rod with
∂u
heat source Q = K0 x2 and boundary conditions u(0) = T and (L) = 0. The heat
∂x
equation in this more general case with heat source is (K0 , c, ρ are positive constants)
 
∂u ∂ ∂u
cρ = K0 + Q.
∂t ∂x ∂x

5. Verify that Laplace’s equation


∂ 2u ∂ 2u
+ =0
∂x2 ∂y 2
satisfies the “principle of superposition”; that is, that any linear combination of solutions
is itself a solution.

6. Apply the method of separation of variables tor the following three PDEs and thus find the
resulting ODEs. (Note that you are not asked to solve any of the ODEs that you get.)
 
∂u k ∂ ∂u
(a) = r
∂t r ∂r ∂r
2 2
∂ u ∂ u
(b) + =0
∂x2 ∂y 2
∂u ∂ 4u
(c) =k 4
∂t ∂x

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