MATH443

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Final Exam

January 2, 2017, Tuesday 15:30-17:30, SA-Z04

QUESTIONS:
[25]1. Find all surfaces orthogonal to the planes αx + βy − z = γ where α, β
and γ are arbitrary constants.
[15]2. Find the integral surface of (2y −z)dx+(3z +2x)dy +(−x+3y)dz = 0
which contains the point (1, 1, −1).
[40]3. The Dirichlet boundary value problem is stated as follows:

∇2 u ≡ uxx + uyy = 0, (x, y) ∈ D ⊆ R2 ,

u|∂R = f,

where ∂R is the boundary of R and f is a given function.

(a) State the mean value property of the Laplace equation
(b) Prove the Maximum-Minimum Principle of the Laplace equation
(c) Show that the above Dirichlet boundary value problem is stable
(d) Show that the Dirichlet boundary value problem has a unique solution.
[15]4. Let p(x) > 0, σ(x) > 0 and q be continues functions in (1, 2). Prove
that the eigenfunctions corresponding to different eigenvalues (of the follow-
ing eigenvalue problem) are orthogonal.
 
d dφ
p(x) + q(x)φ + λσ(x)φ = 0, x ∈ (1, 2)
dx dx

with the boundary conditions

φ(1) = 0,
dφ
φ(2) − 2 (2) = 0.
dx
Here orthogonality is with respect to the inner product of square integrable
function space, L2σ (1, 2).

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[15]5. Determine all eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the eigenvalue prob-
lem
d2 φ
+ 5φ = −λφ,
dx2
φ(0) = 0,
φ(π) = 0.