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State the formulas used to compute the a and b coefficients in the expansion
based on an integral over the interval 0 t 2 . [2 marks]
0, 0 t
g (t ) =
2, < t < 2
(f) Write down the terms of the Fourier expansion of g (t ) up to a third harmonic.
[2 mark]
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Question 2 [12 marks in total]
1, 1 t 0
g (t ) = 1, 0 < t 1
0, otherwise
1 k
(f) If c>0 is a constant and h(t ) = f (ct ) prove that h(k ) = f ( ).
c c
[2 marks]
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Question 3 [12 marks in total]
2u 1 2u
(a) If the one dimensional wave equation = represents the vibration
x 2 c 2 t 2
of a guitar string that is tied down at both ends,
(b) The separated solutions of the 1D wave equation are solutions of the form
X ( x)T (t ) . The possible separated solutions are listed below.
(ii) Find the separated solutions that can match these boundary conditions.
Explain carefully why you reject solutions and how you include the
boundary conditions.
[6 marks]
You may assume that the separated solutions of the 1D wave equation are:
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Question 4 [12 marks in total]
u 2u
(a) The one dimensional heat equation is = D 2.
t x
The shape of the temperature distribution at time t = 0 is shown below.
u(x,0)
(b) The separated solutions of the 1D heat equation are solutions of the form
X ( x)T (t ) . The possible separated solutions are listed below.
Suppose that u is a solution of the 1D heat equation for 0x2 and that the
boundary conditions are u ( x, t ) = 0 at x = 0 and u ( x, t ) = 0 at x = 2 .
Find the separated solutions that can match these boundary conditions.
Explain why you reject solutions and how you use the boundary conditions.
[6 marks]
You can assume that the separated solutions of the 1D heat equation are
END of EXAM
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Formula sheet
cos(nt )dt
0
= 0, n 1 sin(nt )dt
0
= 0, n 1
2 2
2 2
cos (nt )dt
0
= , n 1 sin
0
(nt )dt = , n 1
2 2
2 2 2 2
sin ( x)dx = , sin ( x)dx = cos ( x)dx = cos ( x)dx =
0 2 0 0 2 0
2 2
3 3
sin ( x)dx = 0 , cos ( x)dx = 0
0 0
2
4 3 2
4 3
sin ( x)dx = , cos ( x)dx =
0 4 0 4
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