Gautam Buddha University

Engineering Mathematics-III (MA-201)

Second semester (2022-2023)

Tutorial Sheet-9

Classification of 2nd order PDE, Lagrange’s Method, Method of separation of variables

Q. 1. Explain the following :

(a) General form of 1st and 2nd order PDE in two independent variables.
(b) Linear and Quasi linear form of 1st and 2nd order PDE in two independent variables.
(c) Homogeneous and non-homogeneous linear form of 1st and 2nd order PDE in two independent variables.
(c) Complete, General, particular and singular solutions of PDE.
Q. 2. Classify the following 2nd order PDE into Elliptic, Parabolic or Hyperbolic equation:
∂2u ∂u
(a) 1-dimensional heat Equation: α2 =
∂x2 ∂t
∂2u ∂2u ∂2u
(b) Laplace Equations: + = 0 (2-dimensional) & = 0 (1-dimensional)
∂x2 ∂y 2 ∂x2
∂2u ∂2u
(c) Poisson’s Equation: + 2 = f (x, y).
∂x2 ∂y
∂2u ∂2u
(d) 1-dimensional wave Equation: α2 2
= 2
∂x ∂t
∂2u ∂2u ∂2u
(c) + + = 0.
∂x2 ∂x∂t ∂t2
∂2u ∂2u ∂2u ∂u
(d) x 2
+3 + x2 2 = 10 + 50u
∂x ∂x∂t ∂t ∂t
Q. 3. Find the general solution of the following PDE:
∂z ∂z ∂z ∂z
(a) yz + zx = xy, xz + yz = xy.
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y
∂z ∂z ∂z ∂z
(b) (y − z) + (z − x) = x − y, (y + z) + (z + x) = x + y.
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y
 
∂z ∂z
(c) z(z 2 + xy) x −y = x4 .
∂x ∂y
∂z ∂z ∂z ∂z
(d) x2 + y2 = (x + y)z, x2 + y2 = z2.
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y
Q. 4 Solve following PDE by both methods (Lagrange & Variable separable):
(a) 2xux − 3yuy = 0
(b) ux = 4uy with u(0, y) = 8e−3y .
Q. 5. Solve the following PDE by the method of separation of variables:
(a) 2xzx − 3yzy = 0
(b) zxy = e−x cos y with z(0, y) = 0 & zx (x, 0) = 0.
(c) zxx = zy + 2z with z(0, y) = 0 & zx (0, y) = 1 + e−3y .
(d) zx − 2zy = z with z(0, y) = 6e−3x .