168 Chapter 2 The Heat Equation
u( 0 ,t)=T 0 , ∂∂ux(a,t)= 0 , 0 <t,
u(x, 0 )=T 0 , 0 <x<a.
6.Solve this problem for the temperature in a rod in contact along the lateral
surface with a medium at temperature 0.
∂^2 u
∂x^2 =
1
k
∂u
∂t+γ
(^2) u, 0 <x<a, 0 <t,
u( 0 ,t)= 0 ,
∂u
∂x(a,t)=^0 ,^0 <t,
u(x, 0 )=T 0 , 0 <x<a.
7.Solve the problem
∂^2 u
∂x^2 =
1
k
∂u
∂t,^0 <x<a,^0 <t,
∂u
∂x(^0 ,t)=^0 , u(a,t)=T^0 ,^0 <t,
u(x, 0 )=T 1 , 0 <x<a.
8.Compare the solution of Exercise 7 with Eq. (20). Can one be turned into
the other?
9.Solve the problem in Exercise 7 takingT 0 =0and
u(x, 0 )=T 1 cos
(πx
2 a
)
, 0 <x<a.
- a.Show that the eigenfunctions found in this section are orthogonal. That
is, prove that
∫a
0
sin(λnx)sin(λmx)dx=
{ 0 (m=n),
a
2 (m=n)
whenλn=(^2 n− 2 a^1 )π.
b. Use the orthogonality relation in partato justify the formula in
Eq. (18).
11.To justify the expansion of Eq. (17), for an arbitrary sectionally smooth
g(x),
∑∞
n= 1
bnsin
(
( 2 n− 1 )πx
2 a
)
=g(x), 0 <x<a,