In this problem, we solve the Laplace Equation inside a cube of edge

conditions:
, and

subject to the following boundary

on the other five faces.

Solving this system, let us take first the Laplacian,

. (1)
Using the separation of variables method,
.
We can write the solution forEquation (1), and the Laplacian becomes
(2)
Now we take the separation constants:
,

By manipulating these, we obtain

(3)

(4)

. (5)
Applying the given boundary conditions, the terms
become
.
Also when
then

in Equation (3) and

in Equation (4)

where
and

and
where

By superposition, and in order to match the remaining boundary condition, we must take a linear combination of
solutions for different
and
values

 (6)
Manipulating Equating (6) with the given boundary condition

gives
(7)

which is the final boundary condition. To obtain an expression for

functions. Multiplying through by

we use the orthogonality of the sine

(8)

In this case,

and Equation (8) has the new form

(9)
Integrating Equation (9) over

and

from

to

yields

which has nonzero coefficients with odd index

where

odd

We only consider, for this case, oddintegers in order to have a coefficient of 2. For mathematical convenience, we

We only consider, for this case, oddintegers in order to have a coefficient of 2. For mathematical convenience, we
take 2 so that
cannot be zerootherwise.Hencewe have thetrivialsolution
and
are equalto
.
From Equation (6), as

, the solution therefore is

QED (10)