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This document is the instructions and questions for a partial differential equations final exam. It contains 5 questions worth a total of 50 points. The questions cover various types of partial differential equations including: the type of an equation involving second order partial derivatives; using separation of variables to solve an equation; finding a harmonic function satisfying boundary conditions on a semidisk; solving the wave equation with given initial conditions; and proving uniqueness for the Robin problem in three dimensions.

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Math4052 2016

This document is the instructions and questions for a partial differential equations final exam. It contains 5 questions worth a total of 50 points. The questions cover various types of partial differential equations including: the type of an equation involving second order partial derivatives; using separation of variables to solve an equation; finding a harmonic function satisfying boundary conditions on a semidisk; solving the wave equation with given initial conditions; and proving uniqueness for the Robin problem in three dimensions.

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MATH4052 Partial Differential Equations


Final Examination Name:

16:30-18:30; Dec. 07, 2016 Student I.D.:

Tutorial Section:

Directions:

• DO NOT open the exam until instructed to do so.

• Please have your student ID ready for checking.

• You may not use a calculator during the exam.

• You may write on both sides of the examination papers.

• You must show the steps in order to receive full credits.

Question No. Points Out of


1 10
2 10
3 10
4 10
5 10
Total 50

1
1. (10pts) What is the type of the equation

uxx − 4uxy + 4uyy = 0?

Show by direct substitution that u(x, y) = f (y + 2x) + xg(y + 2x) is a solution for
arbitrary functions f and g.

2
2. (10pts)
Use the method of separation of variables to solve the following equation. Explain all
your steps.

ut − 2ktuxx = 0, 0 < x < π, t ≥ 0


u(0, t) = u(π, t) = 0, t≥0
u(x, 0) = 2 sin 2x − 5 sin 3x 0≤x≤π

3
3. (10pts) Find the harmonic function u in the semidisk {r < 1, 0 < θ < π} with u
vanishing on the diameter (θ = 0, π) and

u = π sin θ − sin 2θ on r = 1

4
4. (10pts) Solve the wave equation

utt + uxt − 20uxx = 0, −∞ < x < +∞

with the initial conditions

u(x, 0) = φ(x), ut (x, 0) = ψ(x).

5
5. (10pts) Prove the uniqueness of the Robin problem

∆u = f in D

with boundary condition


∂u
+ au = h on ∂D
∂n
where D is any domain in three dimensions and where a is a positive constant.

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