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1. The document presents 10 problems involving partial differential equations. The problems involve solving heat, wave, and potential equations using techniques like separation of variables. The problems have various initial and boundary conditions defined over different domains. Solutions are sought for equations like the Laplace, heat, and wave equations.

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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

1. The document presents 10 problems involving partial differential equations. The problems involve solving heat, wave, and potential equations using techniques like separation of variables. The problems have various initial and boundary conditions defined over different domains. Solutions are sought for equations like the Laplace, heat, and wave equations.

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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MA 201: Autumn, 2013-14
Tutorial Sheet No.11

1. Let r = x2 + y 2 , (x, y) R2 ; or r = x2 + y 2 + z 2 , (x, y, z) R3 . Show that u = ln r is a


solution of the two-dimensional potential equation (Laplace equation)
(x, y) R2 \ {0},

u = 0,

and u = 1/r is a solution of the three-dimensional potential equation


u = 0,

(x, y, z) R3 \ {0}.

2. Let = {(x, y) R2 : 0 < x < a, 0 < y < b} is a rectangle with boundary . Solve the
potential equations u = 0 in with the following boundary conditions:
(a) u(x, y) = x + y, (x, y)
(b)u(x, y) = xy, (x, y)
3. Let = {(x, y) R2 : 0 < x < , 0 < y < } is a rectangle with boundary . Solve the
potential equations u = 0 in with the following boundary conditions:
(a)u(x, 0) = u(x, ) = x, u(0, y) = u(, y) = y
(b) u(x, 0) = x, u(x, ) = x( x), u(0, y) = sin y, u(, y) = (1 cos y)/2
4. Let = {(x, y) R2 : 0 < x < , 0 < y < a}. Solve the BVP
uxx + uyy = u,

(x, y) ,

with u(0, y) = u(, y) = u(x, 0) = 0 and u(x, a) = 1.


5. Solve the Cauchy problem
< x < , t > 0,

utt = 16uxx , ,

u(x, 0) = 6 sin2 x, ut (x, 0) = cos(6x),

< x < .

6. Solve the following initial boundary value problems:


(a)
utt c2 uxx = 0,
0 < x < 1, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = 0, ut (x, 0) = 1,
0 x 1,
u(0, t) = u(1, t) = 0,

t 0.

(b)
utt c2 uxx = 0,
0 < x < 2, t > 0,
u(x, 0) = cos x 1, ut (x, 0) = 0,
0 x 2,
u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0,
1

t 0.

(c)

utt c2 uxx = 0,

u(x, 0) = 1
3x

0 < x < 3, t > 0,

0 x 1,
1 x 2,
2 x 3,

ut (x, 0) = 0,

u(0, t) = u(3, t) = 0,

0 x 3,

t 0.

(d)
utt = c2 uxx u,

0 < x < L, t > 0,

u(x, 0) = f (x), ut (x, 0) = 0,


u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0,

0 x L,
t 0.

7. Solve the initial-boundary value problem for the two-dimensional wave equation
utt = uxx + uyy ,

0 < x < a, 0 < y < b,

u(x, y, 0) = xy(x a)(y b), ut (x, y, 0) = 0,

0 x a, 0 y b,

u(0, y, t) = u(a, y, t) = u(x, 0, t) = u(x, b, t) = 0,

t 0.

8. Consider the homogeneous Dirichlet diffusion problem


ut kuxx = 0, 0 < x < L, 0 < t T
u(x, 0) = f (x), 0 x L
u(0, t) = 0,
u(L, t) = 0, 0 t T.
Z

Define E(t) =
0

u2 dx. Show that E 0 (t) 0.

9. Using the method of separation of variables, solve the following differential equations:
(a)
ut = 4uxx ,
0 < x < 2, t > 0,
5x
x
+ 3 sin
, 0 x 2, and u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0.
u(x, 0) = sin
2
2
(b)
ut = uxx + u,
u(x, 0) = 3 sin 2x 7 sin 4x,

0 < x < 10, t > 0,


0 x 10,

and u(0, t) = u(10, t) = 0.

(c)


u(x, 0) =

ut = uxx ,

0 < x < 2, t > 0,

0 x 1,
1 x 2,

0,
1,

and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.

(d)
ut = uxx ,
u(x, 0) = cos2 x,

0 < x < 2, t > 0,

0 x 2,

and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.

(e)


u(x, 0) =

ut = uxx ,
x,
2 x,

0 < x < 2, t > 0,

0 x 1,
1 x 2,

and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.

10. Solve the heat equation


ut = uxx ,
u(x, 0) = f (x),

0 < x < L, t > 0,

0 x L,

where T1 , T2 are constants.

and u(0, t) = T1 , u(L, t) = T2 ,

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