Spring 2022-2023

Transform Calculus
(MA 20202)

Assignment-7

1. Solve the PDE using Fourier transform technique

∂2u ∂2u
+ 2 = 0, −∞ < x < ∞, y>0
∂x2 ∂y

s.t. u(x, 0) = f (x), −∞ < x < ∞;

both u and ∂u ∂x vanish as |x| → ∞;
and u is bounded as y → ∞.

2. Solve the PDE using Fourier transform technique

∂2u ∂2u
+ 2 = 0, −∞ < x < ∞, y>0
∂x2 ∂y
s.t. ∂u
∂y (x, 0) = g(x), −∞ < x < ∞;
u is bounded y → ∞;
both u and ∂u ∂x are bounded as |x| → ∞.

3. Solve the PDE using Fourier transform technique

∇2 ϕ = 0, y>0

s.t. both ϕ(x, y) and ∂ϕ

p
∂x (x, y) → 0 as x2 + y 2 → ∞;
(
1, |x| ≤ 1
ϕ(x, y) =
0, |x| > 1

4. Solve the following heat conduction problem using the Laplace transform
technique. u(x, t) denotes the temperature at the location x at any time
t.
∂u ∂2u
(a) = c2 2 , 0 < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x
subject to
i. u(x, 0) = 0, ∀x
ii. u(0, t) = u0 , ∀t

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iii. u is finite ∀x and ∀t.

∂u ∂2u
(b) = , 0 < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x2
subject to
i. u(x, 0) = 0, ∀x
ii. u(0, t) = 1, ∀t
iii. limx→∞ u(x, t) = 0, ∀t.

5. Solve 1-D heat conduction problem given by

∂u ∂2u
= , 0 < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x2

subject to
(a) u(0, t) = 0, ∀t;

1, 0 < x < 1
(b) u(x, 0) = ;
0, x > 1
(c) u(x, t) is bounded ∀x and ∀t
using the Fourier sine transformation technique.

6. Solve
∂u ∂2u
= k 2, 0 < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x
subject to
∂u
(a) ∂t (0, t) = u0 , ∀t;
(b) u(x, 0) = 0, ∀x;
(c) u(x, t) is bounded ∀x and ∀t
using the Fourier cosine transform technique.

7. Solve the 1-D heat conduction problem

∂u ∂2u
= k 2, −∞ < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x
subject to
(a) u(x, 0) = f (x), ∀x;

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(b) u(x, t) → 0 as |x| → ∞;

(c) u(x, t) is bounded ∀x and ∀t
using the Fourier
 transform technique.
0, x < 1
Take f (x) = and obtain the particular solution.
a, x > 1

8. Solve the 1-D wave propagation equation

∂2u ∂2u
2
= c2 2 , −∞ < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x
subject to
(a) u(x, 0) = 0, ∂u
∂t (x, 0) = 0, ∀x;
(b) u(0, t) = f (t), ∀t;
(c) u(x, t) is bounded ∀x and ∀t
using the Laplace transform technique.

9. Solve the 1-D wave equation

∂2u ∂2u
2
= c2 2 , −∞ < x < ∞, t>0
∂t ∂x
subject to
∂u
(a) u(x, 0) = f (x) and ∂t (x, 0) = g(x), ∀x;
∂u
(b) both u(x, t) and ∂x (x, t) → 0 as |x| → ∞
using the Fourier transform technique.