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APM346-2015F => APM346--Home Assignments => HA3 => Topic started by: Victor Ivrii on September 28, 2015, 01:03:59 PM
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http://www.math.toronto.edu/courses/apm346h1/20159/PDE-textbook/Chapter2/S2.3.P.html#problem-2.3.P.1 (http://www.math.toronto.edu/courses/apm346h1/20159/PDE-textbook/Chapter2/S2.3.P.html#problem-2.3.P.1)
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General solution: \begin{equation} u = \phi(x+ct) + \psi(x-ct) \end{equation} for general form \begin{equation} u_{tt} - c^{2}u_{xx} = 0 \end{equation}
All of the equations in this question satisfy this general form with c=1, 2, 3, 1/2, 3 (possible mistake of the question, should put 9 in front of the first term, if so c = 1/3).
plug the corresponding c into the general solution we have the answer for each equation.
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I believe that there is a mistake in this question. Equation (3) is the same as equation (5). Please verify this.
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Do we need to derive general solution for utt - c2uxx = 0 during exam??
Or we can just use it directly ?
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Do we need to derive general solution for utt - c2uxx = 0 during exam??
Or we can just use it directly ?
No, you may use any formula you want. Solution of Zaihao Zhou is perfect -- except in the Quiz if this problem is chosen you use the given value
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Basically the exact value of $c>0$ does not matter in this problem.