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Jaipur, Rajasthan
MATH-III
Assignment 7

1. Solve the following IBVPs:

(a)
utt c2 uxx = 0, 0 < x < 2, t > 0
u(x, 0) = cos x 1, ut (x, 0) = 0, 0 x 2,
u(0, t) = u(2, t) = 0,

t 0.

(b)
utt = c2 uxx u, 0 < x < L, t > 0
u(x, 0) = f (x), ut (x, 0) = 0, 0 x L,
u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0,

t 0.

2. Using the method of separation of variables, solve the following heat equations:
(a)
ut = uxx + u,
u(x, 0) = 3 sin 2x 7 sin 4x,

0 < x < 10, t > 0,

0 x 10 and u(0, t) = u(10, t) = 0.

(b)
ut = uxx ,

u(x, 0) =

0 < x < 2, t > 0,

x if 0 x < 1
2 x if 1 x 2

and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.

(c)
ut = uxx ,
2

u(x, 0) = cos x,

0 < x < 2, t > 0,

0 x 2 and ux (0, t) = ux (2, t) = 0.

3. Consider the homogeneous Dirichlet diffusion problem:

ut kuxx = 0
u(x, 0) = f (x),
Z

0 x L,

0 < x < L, 0 < t T,

u(0, t) = u(L, t) = 0,

0 t T.

Define E(t) =
u2 dx. Show that E 0 (t) 0. If f (x) = x(2 x) and L = 2 in the above then show
0
Z 2
16
for t 0.
that
u2 dx
15
0
4. Solve the heat equation
ut = uxx ,
u(x, 0) = f (x),
where T1 and T2 are constants.

0 < x < L, t > 0,

0 x L and u(0, t) = T1 ,

u(L, t) = T2