PES University, Bangalore
(Established Under Karnataka Act 16 of 2013)
Department of Science and Humanities
Engineering Mathematics - I
(UE25MA141A)
Question Bank
Unit - 3: Partial Differential Equations
1. Eliminate the arbitrary function f from the equation:
xy
z=f
z
and form the corresponding partial differential equation (PDE).
∂z ∂z
Answer: px = qy, where p = and q = .
∂x ∂y
2. Form the partial differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary functions f and
g in:
z = x2 f (y) + y 2 g(x)
Answer: xys + 4z = 2px + 2qy
3. Form the partial differential equation by eliminating the arbitrary functions f and
g in:
z = f (x3 + 2y) + g(x3 − 2y)
Answer: 9x5 t − 4xr + 8p = 0
4. Solve the partial differential equation:
y 2 z ∂z ∂z
+ xz = y2
x ∂x ∂y
Answer: Φ(x2 − z 2 , y 3 − x3 ) = 0
5. Solve the partial differential equation:
∂z ∂z
+ (x2 + y 2 − zx)
(x2 + y 2 + yz) = z(x + y)
∂x ∂y
z2 2 2 2
Answer: Φ 2xz − 2 , x + y + z = 0
6. Solve the partial differential equation:
∂z ∂z
x(y 2 + z)
+ y(x2 + z) = z(x2 − y 2 )
∂x ∂y
2 2 xz
Answer: Φ x − y − 2z, y = 0
Solve the following by the method of the separation of variables
(Problems 7,8, and 9)
7. 3 ∂u
∂x
+ 2 ∂u
∂y
= 0, given u(x, 0) = e−x
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Answer: u = e− 2 (2x−3y)
8. 4 ∂u
∂x
+ ∂u
∂y
= 3u, given u = 3e−y − e−5y when x = 0.
λ1 λ2
x+(3−λ1 )y x+(3−λ2 )y
Hine: Write u as the sum of two solutions. That is, u = C1 e 4 +C2 e 4
Answer: u = 3ex−y − e2x−3y
∂2u
9. ∂x2
− 2 ∂u
∂x
+
= 0. ∂u
∂y
√ √
Answer: u = C1 e (1+ 1+λ)x
+ C2 e(1− 1−λ)x
e−λy
10. Solve (D3 + D2 D′ − DD′2 − D′3 )z = 0.
Answer: z = ϕ1 (x + y) + xϕ2 (x − y) + ϕ3 (x − y)
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11. Solve D3 − D2 D′ − 4 D (D′ )2 + 4D′ z = 0.
Answer: z = ϕ1 (x + y) + ϕ2 (2x − y) + ϕ3 (2x + y).
12. Solve 2D2 + 5 D D′ + 3 (D′ )2 + D + D′ z = 0.
Answer: z = ϕ1 (x − y) + e−x/2 ϕ2 (3x − 2y).
13. Solve the partial differential equation: D2 + 3 D D′ + 2 (D′ )2 z = e x−y .
Answer:
C.F.: z = ϕ1 (x − y) + ϕ2 (2x − y), P.I.: − x e x−y or − y e x−y .
14. Solve the partial differential equation: 3 D2 + 7 D D′ + 2 (D′ )2 z = 3x2 + 2y 2 .
Answer:
x2
113x2 + 108y 2 − 168xy .
z = ϕ1 (2x − y) + ϕ2 (x − 3y) +
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15. Solve the partial differential equation: 4 D2 + 4 D D′ + (D′ )2 z = 4y cos(2x).
Answer:
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z = ϕ1 (x − 2y) + x ϕ2 (x − 2y) + sin(2x) − 2y cos(2x) .
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