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    Final Exam: AMATH 353 Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Analysis Bernard Deconinck Spring 2014

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    AMATH 353

    Partial Differential Equations and Fourier Analysis


    Bernard Deconinck
    Spring 2014
    Final Exam
    Monday, June 9, 2014

    1. For the following statements, answer true or false. Show your logic.

    (a) The equation ut + xux = 12 is nonlinear.


    (b) The profile u(x, t) = 3 arctan(ex−7t ) is a traveling wave.
    (c) u(x, t) = ∞ −n2 t
    P
    n=1 an e sin(nx) is a solution of the heat equation ut = uxx .

    2. Consider the partial differential equation

    ψt = 2ψ − iψx + ψxx .

    (a) Find its dispersion relation.


    (b) Is this equation dispersive?
    (c) If not dispersive, is there growth or decay? If there is growth, what is the
    period of the solution you expect to see? If dispersive, find its phase and
    group velocity.

    3. Consider the wave equation

    utt = uxx , x ∈ (0, 2), t > 0,


    
    x x ∈ (0, 1),
    u(x, 0) =
    1−x x ∈ (1, 2),
    ut (x, 0) = 0, x ∈ R,
    u(0, t) = 0, t > 0,
    ux (2, t) = 0, t > 0.

    (a) Draw the initial condition.


    (b) What is the value of u(1/4, 3)?

    4. Write down the Fourier series of the function f (x) = x, x ∈ [−π, π].

    1
    5. Write down the solution of the following initial boundary value problem for the
    wave equation

    utt − uxx = 0, x ∈ (0, π), t > 0,


    u(x, 0) = cos(5x),
    ut (x, 0) = 0,
    ux (0, t) = 0,
    ux (1, t) = 0.

    6. Consider the following initial-boundary value problem for the advection equation.

    ut + 3ux = 0, x > 0, t > 0,


    u(x, 0) = 0, x ≥ 0,
    t
    u(0, t) = , t ≥ 0.
    1 + t2
    (a) Find the solution for all x ≥ 0 and t ≥ 0.
    (b) Draw the solution at t = 0, t = 1, t = 2.

    7. Consider the following initial value problem.

    ut + uux = 0, x ∈ R, t > 0,

     0 x < 0,
    u(x, 0) = x x ∈ (0, 1),
    0 x > 1,

    (a) Draw the initial condition u(x, 0).


    (b) Draw the characteristics in the (x, t) plane. If there are any shocks or rarefac-
    tion regions, resolve them: insert fans and shock lines as necessary. Give the
    equation of any shock line explicitly.

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