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Name of Course : CBCS B.Sc. (H) Mathematics

Unique Paper Code : 32351401_OC
Name of Paper : C8 Partial Differential Equations
Semester : IV
Duration : 3 hours
Maximum Marks : 75 Marks

Attempt any four questions. All questions carry equal marks.

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1 (i) Derive the damped wave equation and telegraph equation
of a string.
(ii) Reduce the equation

a.
𝑢𝑥𝑥 + 𝑥𝑦𝑢𝑦𝑦 = 0 , 𝑥, 𝑦 < 0 to canonical form.
(iii) Prove the uniqueness of the solution of the initial
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boundary-value problem:
𝑢𝑡𝑡 = 25 𝑢𝑥𝑥 , 0 < 𝑥 < 𝜋, 𝑡 > 0,
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𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 𝑓(𝑥), 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝜋,
𝑢𝑡 (𝑥, 0) = 𝑔(𝑥) , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 𝜋,
𝑢𝑥 (0, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑢𝑥 (𝜋, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡>0
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2 (i) Find the integral surfaces of the equation

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𝑢𝑢𝑥 + 𝑢𝑦 = 1 for the initial data

𝑠2
𝑥(𝑠, 0) = , 𝑦(𝑠, 0) = 2𝑠, 𝑢(𝑠, 0) = 𝑠
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to

(ii) Apply 𝑒 𝑢 = 𝑣 and then 𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑓(𝑥) + 𝑔(𝑦) to solve the

equation 𝑥 4 𝑢𝑥2 + 𝑦 2 𝑢𝑦2 = 𝑒 −2𝑢 .
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(iii) Use a separable solution 𝑣(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑔(𝑥) + 𝑓(𝑦) to solve

the equation 𝑣𝑥2 + 𝑣𝑦2 = 𝑣.

3 (i) Find the characteristics and characteristic coordinates, and reduce

the equation
𝑢𝑥𝑥 − (2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥)𝑢𝑥𝑦 + (1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥)𝑢𝑦𝑦 + 𝑢 = 0
to canonical form.
(ii) Determine the general solutions of the equation
𝑢𝑥𝑥 + 4𝑢𝑥𝑦 + 4𝑢𝑦𝑦 = 0

(iii) Transform the equation

𝑢 = −2𝑢𝑥𝑥 − 9𝑢𝑥𝑦 − 3𝑢𝑦𝑦 − 𝑢𝑦
to the form 𝑣𝑚𝑛 = 𝑐𝑣, where c = constant, by introducing the

P.T.O.

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new variables 𝑣 = 𝑢𝑒 −(𝑎𝑚+𝑏𝑛) , where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are undetermined

coefficients.

4 (i) Determine the solution of the Cauchy problem given by

𝑢𝑡𝑡 = 9𝑢𝑥𝑥 , 𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 𝑥 3 , 𝑢𝑡 (𝑥, 0) = 𝑥

(ii) Determine the solution of the initial boundary value

problem
𝑢𝑡𝑡 = 𝑢𝑥𝑥 , 0 < 𝑥 < 1, 𝑡 > 0
𝑢(𝑥, 0) = sin 𝜋𝑥 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1
𝑢𝑡 (𝑥, 0) = 0 , 0≤𝑥≤1
𝑢(0, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑢(1, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡 ≥ 0

(iii) Determine the solution of characteristic initial value

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𝑥𝑦 3 𝑢𝑥𝑥 = 𝑥 3 𝑦 𝑢𝑦𝑦 + 𝑦 3 𝑢𝑥 − 𝑥 3 𝑢𝑦 ,
𝑢(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑓(𝑥), 𝑦 2 + 𝑥 2 = 4, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2

a.
𝑢(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑔(𝑦), 𝑥 = 0, 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 2,
𝑓(0) = 𝑔(2)
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5. (i) Solve using method of separation of variables

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𝑢𝑡𝑡 = 9𝑢𝑥𝑥 , 0 < 𝑥 < 2 , 𝑡 > 0

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𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 𝑥(2 − 𝑥),0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2

𝑢𝑡 (𝑥, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
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𝑢(0, 𝑡) = 𝑡, 𝑢(2, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡 > 0

(ii) Determine the solution of
𝑢𝑡𝑡 = 𝑢𝑥𝑥 + 𝑥 2 , 0 < 𝑥 < 1 , 𝑡 > 0
to

𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1
𝑢𝑡 (𝑥, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1
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𝑢(0, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑢(1, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡 ≥ 0
(iii) Solve the heat conduction problem
𝑢𝑡 = 9𝑢𝑥𝑥 , 0 < 𝑥 < 1 , 𝑡 > 0
𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 𝑥 2 ( 1 − 𝑥 ),0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1
𝑢(0, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡 > 0
𝑢(1, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡 > 0

6 (i) Find the partial differential equation arising from the surface
2𝑧 = (𝛼𝑥 + 𝑦)2 + 𝛽

Find the solution of the Cauchy problem:

𝑢𝑢𝑥 − 𝑢𝑢𝑦 = 𝑢2 + (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 , with u = 1 on y = 0

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(ii) Determine the solution of the initial boundary value problem

𝑢𝑡𝑡 = 9𝑢𝑥𝑥 , 0 < 𝑥 < ∞, 𝑡 > 0,

𝑢(𝑥, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ 𝑥 < ∞,
𝑢𝑡 (𝑥, 0) = 𝑥 3 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 < ∞,
𝑢𝑥 (0, 𝑡) = 0, 𝑡≥0

.
(iii) Solve the characteristic initial-value problem
𝑥𝑢𝑥𝑥 − 𝑥 3 𝑢𝑦𝑦 − 𝑢𝑥 = 0, 𝑥 ≠ 0,
𝑥2
𝑢(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑓(𝑦) on 𝑦 − = 1 for 0 ≤ y ≤ 2,
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𝑥2
𝑢(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑔(𝑥) on y + = 3 for 2 ≤ y ≤ 4,
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