Department of Mathematics
IIT KHARAGPUR
Spring 2018
Subject Code: MA41022 Subject Name: Partial Differential Equations
Assignment 3
1. Find the integral surface of the following PDEs passing through the curve C:
(a) (x − y)p + (y − x − z)q = z, C : z = 1, x2 + y 2 = 1
(b) x(z + 2)p + (xz + 2yz + 2y)q = z(z + 1), C : y = 0, z 2 = 4x
(c) (x − y)y 2 p + (y − x)x2 q = (x2 + y 2 )z, C : xz = 1, y = 0
(d) p2 x + pqy = 2pz + x, C : y = 1, z = x
(e) p + q 2 = 0, C : x = 0, z = 3y
(f) z = p2 − q 2 , C : y = 0, 4z + x2 = 0
(g) pq = z, C : x = 0, z = y 2
2. Find the integral surface passing through the curve C for the following PDEs:
√
(a) (x + 2)p + 2yq = 2z, C : x0 (s) = −1, y0 (s) = s, z0 (s) = s
(b) p + q = z 2 , C : x0 (s) = s, y0 (s) = 0, z0 (s) = f (s) where f is arbitrary function
(c) x3 p + y(3y 2 + y)q = z(2x2 + y), C : x = 1, z = y + y 2
(d) z(xp − yq) = y 2 − x2 , x0 (s) = 2s, y0 (s) = s, z0 (s) = s
3. Find the general solution of the following PDEs:
( ′ ′2
)
(a) 3D2 − 2DD − 5D z = 3x + y + ex−y
( ′2 ′2
)
(b) D4 − 10D2 D + 9D z = 135 sin(3x + 2y)
( ′
)3
(c) D − 2D z = 125ex sin y
( ′
)
(d) D2 − 4D z = e2x+y
4. Reduce the following PDEs to canonical form and solve whenever possible:
(a) x14 zxx − 36zxy + 7x13 zx = 0
√
(b) xzxx + 2 xyzxy + yzyy − zx = 0
(c) x2 (y − 1)zxx − x(y 2 − 1)zxy + y(y − 1)zyy + xyzx − zy = 0
(d) zxx + 2zxy + 17zyy = 0
5. Solve ztt − c2 zxx = 0, 0 < x < ∞ subject to the conditions z(x, 0) = ln(1 + x2 ) and
zt (x, 0) = e−x .
6. Find z( 12 , 12 ) if z satisfies ztt = zxx , 0 < x < 1, t > 0, z(x, 0) = 0, zt (x, 0) = 0,
z(0, t) = sin πt, z(1, t) = t.
1
7. Solve ztt − c2 zxx = 0 0 < x < 1, t > 0 subject to the conditions
z(0, t) = z(l, t) = 0, t > 0
z(x, 0) = 0, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
zt (x, 0) = x2 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.