PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS M
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Some useful formulas
• d’Alembert’s formula
x+ct Z tZ x+c(t−τ )
f (x + ct) + f (x − ct)
Z
1 1
u(x, t) = + g(τ )dτ + F (s, τ )dsdτ
2 2c x−ct 2c 0 x−c(t−τ )
• Reducing nonhomogeneous boundary conditions
u(0, t) = a(t), u(L, t) = b(t) w(x, t) = a(t) + Lx (b(t) − a(t))
x2
ux (0, t) = a(t), ux (L, t) = b(t) w(x, t) = xa(t) + 2L
(b(t) − a(t))
u(0, t) = a(t), ux (L, t) = b(t) w(x, t) = a(t) + xb(t)
ux (0, t) = a(t), u(L, t) = b(t) w(x, t) = (x − L)a(t) + b(t)
• cos(α ± β) = cos α cos β ∓ sin α sin β
• sin(α ± β) = sin α cos β ± sin β cos α
• sin2 α = 21 (1 − cos 2α)
• cos2 α = 12 (1 + cos 2α)
• cos α cos β = 1/2[cos(α + β) + cos(α − β)]
• sin α sin β = 1/2[cos(α − β) − cos(α + β)]
• sin α cos β = 1/2[sin(α + β) + sin(α − β)]
• sin α + sin β = 2 sin α+β
2
cos α−β
2
• cos α + cos β = 2 cos α+β
2
cos α−β
2