Northeastern University Department of Mathematics Qualifying Exam: Partial Differential Equations January 2010 1. Consider the first-order pde: Ue —2uy =tanu forz,y>0, uw (a) Is there a unique solution u(e, y)? (b) Find an explicit formula for u(x, y). (©) Does the solution exist for all z,y > 0? 2. Consider equation Ua + Dtigy + Uy =u. (a) Determine where it is hyperbolic and find the characteristics. (b) For which Cauchy data is the Cauchy Problem well-posed? #) u(2,0) = f(e), uy(,0) = (2), it) u(0,y) = f(y), us(0,¥) = 9(u), Wi) u(y) = f(y), ue(1,y) = oy). 3. Use energy methods to show uniqueness of solutions u € C2(R” x (0,0c)) for the damped wave equation te —CAutur=f(e,t) fora © R,t>0, (2,0) = g(x), u(2,0) = A(z) fore eR. 4. Let, D be the open disk of radius 2 centered at the origin in the 2,y plane and suppose u € C*(D) satisfies Au=0 inD, u(2,8)=1+ 0080 for0<0<2n. (a) Find the maximum value of w in the closed disk D. (b) Find the value of uw at r = 0. 5, Consider the heat conduction problem ty — Bee for 0<20, u(z,0)=sine for0<20. (a) Find a solution in the form u(x,t) = v(t) + w(2,t). (b) Is the solution in (a) unique?