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MATH4052 Partial Differential Equations

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16:30-18:30; Dec. 12, 2017 Student I.D.:

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Question No. Points Out of

1 10
2 10
3 10
4 10
5 10
6 10
Total 60

1
1. Find the regions in the xy plane where the equation

(1 + x)uxx + 2xyuxy − y 2 uyy = 0

is elliptic, hyperbolic or parabolic. Sketch them.

2
2. Solve the diffusion problem ut = 2uxx in 0 < x < 1 with the boundary conditions
ux (0, t) = u(l, t) = 0.

3
3. Solve the diffusion equation

u
t = uxx , (x, t) ∈ (−∞, ∞) × (0, ∞)
u(x, 0) = φ(x), x ∈ (−∞, ∞),

where 
e−x for x > 0
φ(x) =  .
0 for x < 0

4
4. Solve 
utt

 = c2 uxx , (x, t) ∈ (−∞, ∞) × (0, ∞)

u(x, 0) = sin(x), x ∈ (−∞, ∞)
ut (x, 0) = e−x ,


x ∈ (−∞, ∞).

5
5. Find the harmonic function in the half disk {(x, y) | x2 +y 2 < a2 , y > 0} with boundary
condition u(x, y) = f (y) on the half circle {(x, y) | x2 + y 2 = a2 , y > 0} and u = 0 on
the x−axis with |x| ≤ a. Include the formula for the coefficients.

6
6. Prove the uniqueness of the diffusion problem with Neumann boundary conditions,

ut

 − kuxx = f (x, t), (x, t) ∈ (0, l) × (0, ∞)

u(x, 0) = φ(x), x ∈ (−∞, ∞)


ux (0, t) = g(t), ux (l, t) = h(t) t ∈ (0, ∞).

by the energy method. (k > 0)