MATH3403 | Assignment 6

This assignment is due at 9am Oct 27 at the lecture. It is worth 3% of the total assessment. Late penalties are listed in the prole. Clear and consise presentation of mathematics (or any work) is an important skill. Of the 30 marks associated with this assignment, 2 marks will be allocated for clarity and consiseness and 1 mark for neatness (in proportion to number of questions completed). 1. Consider the following non-homogeneous heat equation on 0 x ut = kuxx 1 with u(x, 0) = 0 u(0, t) = 0 & u(, t) = 0.
pde/heat008.tex

Find a solution of the form bn (t)n (x) where n (x) are the eigenfunctions of an appropri1 ate homogenous problem. Determine explicit expressions for bn (t). 2. Use the method of images to nd a Greens function for the problem
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pde/green008.tex

G = (x x0 )

G(x, 0) =0 y

for y 0

< x < .

Demonstrate that your function satises the homogeneous boundary condition. 3. Use the method of images to show that the solution to 2 (x, y, z) = 0 with (x, y, 0) = f (x, y) on the region < x < , < y < , and 0 z < is z (x, y, z) = 2

pde/green021.tex

f (x0 , y0 ) ((x x0 )2 + (y y0 )2 + z 2 ) 2
3

dx0 dy0 .

You may assume that and f vanish sufciently fast as r so that the appropriate integrals converge.