Assignment 2 - PDE - Due Tuesday 04-Mar-2014

Problem 1. conditions On the interval (0, 1), consider the dierential operator Lu = u u(0) + u (1) = u(1) + u (0) = 0, + u with boundary

2u(0) + u (1) = 2u(1) + u (0) Find the adjoint operator and the adjoint boundary conditions.

= 0.

Problem 2. Let R2 be open and bounded with a C 1 -smooth boundary . Write N for the outward pointing unit normal vector eld and T for the counterclockwise pointing unit tangent vector eld. Find the adjoint boundary-value problem for 2 u(x) = f (x), x , u(x) = 0, x , x . u(x) N (x) + u(x) T (x) = 0,
Problem 3. Pick an integer n 5 and let f Cc (Rn ). Use the Fourier transform to nd a function u L (Rn ) that formally solves 2 u(x) = f (x). Show subsequently (using other techniques) that in fact u C 4 (Rn ) with 2 u(x) = f (x) for all x Rn .