Chapter 5 479
Section 5.3
1. If a = b, the lowest eigenvalues are those with indices (m, n),inthisor-
der: (1, 1); (1, 2) = (2, 1); (2, 2); (3, 1) = (1, 3); (3, 2) = (2, 3); (1, 4) =
(4, 1); (3, 3).
3. Frequencies are λ
mn
c/2π (Hz), where λ
2
mn
are the eigenvalues found in
the text.
5. λ
2
mn
=(mπ/a)
2
+(nπ/b)
2
, for m = 0, 1, 2,..., n = 1, 2, 3,....
7. a. u(x, y, t) = 1.
For b and c the solution has the form
u(x, y, t) =
m,n
a
mn
cos
mπx
a
cos
nπy
b
exp
−λ
2
mn
kt
,
where λ
2
mn
=(mπ/a)
2
+(nπ/b)
2
and m and n run from 0 to ∞.
b. a
00
=
(a +b)
2
, a
m0
=−
2b(1 −cos(mπ))
m
2
π
2
,
a
0n
=−
2a(1 −cos(nπ))
n
2
π
2
, a
mn
=0otherwise;
c. a
00
=
ab
4
, a
m0
=−
ab(1 −cos(mπ))
m
2
π
2
, a
0n
=−
ab(1 −cos(nπ))
n
2
π
2
,
a
mn
=
4ab(1 −cos(nπ ))(1 −cos(mπ))
m
2
n
2
π
4
if m and n are greater than zero.
9. The choice of a positive constant for either X
/X or Y
/Y,underthe
boundary conditions in Eqs. (9) and (10), will lead to the trivial solution.
11. The nodal lines form a grid: u
mn
(x, y, t) = 0atx = 0, a/m,2a/m,...,a
and at y =0, b/n,2b/n,...,b.
Section 5.4
1. The partial differential equations are the same, the boundary conditions
become homogeneous, and in the initial conditions g(r,θ)is replaced by
g(r,θ)−v(r,θ).
3. In the heat problem, T
+λ
2
kT =0.Inthewaveproblem,T
+λ
2
c
2
T =0.
5. The boundary conditions Eqs. (10) and (11) would be replaced by
Q(0) =0, Q(π) = 0.
Solutions are Q(θ ) = sin(nθ), n = 1, 2,....