✔ 最佳答案
(E) utt-uxx=0 , a homogeneous waveequation having two sets of characteristic curves: x-t=constant andx+t=constant so the general solution to this equation is u(x,t)=v(x-t)+w(x+t)for arbitrary functions v and w.Also because of this general solution form, one can easily provea parallelogram property that this u(x,t) will satisfy: If A, B, C, and D arevertices of a parallelogram using two x-t=const and two x+t=const edges, thenu(A)+u(C)=u(B)+u(D), where AC and BD are two diagonals. In particular wecan first choose A=(2/3,2), B=(0,4/3), C=(1/3,1), and D=(1,5/3). Since B falls on the line x=0, D falls on theline x=1, by boundary conditions, we have u(B)=0 and u(D)=0, thus u(A)=-u(C) oru(2/3,2)=-u(1/3,1). Next we choose another parallelogram: A’=(1/3,1), B’=(0,2/3),C’=(2/3,0), and D’=(1,1/3). [Note A’=C]. A similar argument shows that u(1/3,1)=-u(2/3,0)[ B’ is on x=0, D’ is on x=1]. Hence the question we like to solve becomesu(2/3,2)=u(2/3,0)=?Now we can use D’Alembert’s formula to solve u(2/3,0). Actually this point is right on t=0, whereInitial conditions are prescribed èu(2/3,0)= (2/3)^2(1-2/3)=4/27. So u(2/3,2)=4/27.Note: We cannot apply D’Alembert’s formula to u at (2/3,2)directly because the formula depends on data which falls outside of [0,1] onx-axis (t=0). Instead, using parallelogram property can bring down the points (likewe did above) so D’Alembert’s formula becomes applicable.