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Partial Differential Equations Tutorial

This document is a tutorial for a Partial Differential Equations course at S. V. National Institute of Technology Surat. It includes problems on identifying the order and degree of PDEs, determining the linearity of operators, classifying PDEs, and solving various PDEs with provided answers. The tutorial is authored by Dr. Sushil Kumar and dated January 11, 2023.

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Partial Differential Equations Tutorial

This document is a tutorial for a Partial Differential Equations course at S. V. National Institute of Technology Surat. It includes problems on identifying the order and degree of PDEs, determining the linearity of operators, classifying PDEs, and solving various PDEs with provided answers. The tutorial is authored by Dr. Sushil Kumar and dated January 11, 2023.

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Department of Mathematics and Humanities

S. V. National Institute of Technology Surat

Tutorial 2: MA 406: Partial Differential Equations

1. Give the order and degree of each of the following PDEs:-


(a) uxx + uyy = 0 (c) uuxx + u2yy + eu = 0
1
(b) uxxx + uxy + a(x)uy + log(u) = f (x, y) (d) ux + cuy2 = d

2. Which of the following operators are linear? (Give reason)


(a) Lu = ux + xuy (c) Lu = ux + u2y
√
(b) Lu = ux + uuy (d) Lu = 1 + x2 cos(y)ux + uxy + u

3. Which of the following PDEs is linear? quasi linear? nonlinear? homogeneous? non -
homogeneous?
(a) uxx + uyy − 2u = x2 (d) ux (1 + uy ) = uxx
(b) uux + xuy = 0 (e) ux + ux uy − uxy = 0
√
(c) u2x + log(u) = 2xy (f) ut − uxxt + 1 + u = 0
∂ 2u ∂ 2u
4. Show that the following are the solutions of + =0
∂x2 ∂y 2
(a) u = x2 − y 2 (c) u = sin(x)cosh(y)
(b) u = ex cos(y) (d) u = ln (x2 + y 2 )

5. Show that cos(x − ct) is a solution of ut + cux = 0.


6. Verify that u(x, y) = f (x).g(y) is a solution of the PDE uuxy = ux uy for all pairs of differential
functions f and g of one variable.
7. Solve:-
∂ 2u ∂ 2u (e) uxy + uy = 0
(a) = sin(xy) (c) = 4x sin (3xy)
∂y 2 ∂x∂y
(f) uyy = 4xuy
∂ 2u ∂ 2u
(b) log =x+y (d) = e−t cos x (g) uyy + 10uy + 25u = e−5y
∂x∂y ∂x∂t
∂ 2z ∂z
8. Solve: 2
= z, if for y = 0, z = ex and = e−x
∂y ∂y
∂ 2z
9. Solve: = x2 y subject to the conditions: zx (x, 0) = 2x and z(1, y) = cos y
∂x∂y
—–
Answers:
1
7(a) u = − sin (xy) + yϕ (x) + ψ1 (x) 7(b) u = ex+y + ϕ1 (y) + ϕ2 (x)
x2
4
7(c) u = − sin(3xy) + ϕ1 (x) + ϕ2 (y) 7(d) u = −e−t sin x + ϕ1 (x) + ϕ2 (t)
9y
1 1
8 z = e−y sinh x + ey cosh x 9 z = x3 y 2 + cos y − y 2 − 1 + x2
6 6

Dr. Sushil Kumar, SVNIT Surat Date: January 11, 2023

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