Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Department of Mathematics
MA5460 - Transform Techniques
Assignment I

(1) Determine the solution of the given wave or heat problem. Give your answer in the
form of an inverse Fourier transform. Take the variables in the ranges −∞ < x < ∞
and t > 0.

∂ 2u ∂ 2u 1
(a) = , u(x, 0) = , ut (x, 0) = 0.
∂t2 ∂x2 1 + x2
(
∂ 2u ∂ 2u cos x if − π/2 ≤ x ≤ π/2
(b) = , ut (x, 0) = 0, u(x, 0) =
∂t2 ∂x2 0 otherwise
(
∂u 1 ∂ 2u 100 if − 1 < x < 1
(c) = , u(x, 0) =
∂t 100 ∂x2 0 otherwise

(2) Determine the solution of the given problem. Give your answer in the form of an
inverse Fourier transform. Take the variables in the ranges −∞ < x < ∞ and t > 0.

∂u ∂u
(a) + sin t = 0, u(x, 0) = sin x.
∂t ∂x
∂u ∂ 2u
(b) = e−t 2 , u(x, 0) = e−|x| .
∂t ∂x
(
∂ 2u ∂ 4u 1 if − 1 < x < 1
(c) + 4 = 0, u(x, 0) = and ut (x, 0) = 0.
∂t2 ∂x 0 otherwise

(3) Solve the following Dirichlet problem in the upper half plane:
∂ 2u ∂ 2u
+ = 0, −∞ < x < ∞ and y > 0, u(x, 0) = f (x), where
∂x2 ∂y 2

(a) f (x) = 1+ sin x

 100(1 + x)

 if − 1 < x < 0
(b) f (x) = 100(1 − x) if 0 < x < 1


 0 otherwise