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Math207-Assignment III

1. The document discusses homework problems involving Laplace transforms and partial differential equations (PDEs). 2. It includes problems finding Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms of various functions. 3. It also includes solving initial value problems for ODEs using Laplace transforms, solving PDEs using methods like variable separation, and properties of the Laplace operator in spherical coordinates.

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Math207-Assignment III

1. The document discusses homework problems involving Laplace transforms and partial differential equations (PDEs). 2. It includes problems finding Laplace transforms and inverse Laplace transforms of various functions. 3. It also includes solving initial value problems for ODEs using Laplace transforms, solving PDEs using methods like variable separation, and properties of the Laplace operator in spherical coordinates.

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Subject: Math 207 - Differential Equations and Complex Variables

Homework – 3 (Laplace transform and PDEs) Date:


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Laplace Transform

1. Find the laplace transform of the following functions:



−t 2
(a) 2e cos t/2 0, for 0 < t < 1

(d) f (t) = t2 , for 1 < t < 2
(b) 4 u(t − π) cos t 
0, for 2 < t

−t
(c) t e sin t

2. Find the inverse laplace transform of the following functions.


6 s3 +6s2 +14s
(a) 60+6s2 +s4 (b) (s+2)(s−4) (c)
s7 (s+2)4

3. Solve the initial value problems by the laplace transform.

(a) y 00 + y = cos t, y(0) = 3, y 0 (0) = 4


(b) y 00 + 2y 0 − 3y = 6e−2t , y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) = −14
(c) y 00 + 5y 0 + 6y = u(t − 1) + δ(t − 2), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1

PDE
1. PDE Solvable as ODE Solve the following PDE treating like an ODE.
(a) uxx + 16π 2 u = 0 (b) 25uyy − 4u = 0

2. d’Alembert Method Transform the following equations into normal form and
solve it.
(a) uxx + 9uyy = 0 (b) uxx + 2uxy + uyy = 0
3. Variable Separable Method Find the solution of the following equations by
separating variables:
(a) xux − yuy = 0 (b) x2 uxy + 3y 2 u = 0

4. 1-D Heat Equation Use variable separation method to find the solution of the
initial boundary value problem
∂u ∂ 2u
= 5 2 , 0 < x < 1, t > 0
∂t ∂x
u(0, t) = u(1, t) = 0, t > 0
u(x, 0) = (1 − x)x2 , 0 < x < 1

5 Let r, θ, φ be spherical coordinates defined


p by x = r cos θ sin φ, y = r sin θ sin φ, z =
.

r cos φ. If u(x, y, z) is a function of r = x2 + y 2 + z 2 only, show that


2
∇2 u = urr + ur .
r

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