PDE7
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First, notice that there are two derivates of u w.r.t t in the differential equation and two inital conditions. There are also two derivatives on x and y and two boundary conditions on each. Now, separate variables.

The new boundary conditions are:




Plug back into the original DE.

Separate variables. For simplicity, keep higher derivatives on top, keep the
term with the psi function, and let the constant be
.

The solution for the DE involving ψ is:

Don't worry about the inital conditions until later. Work is done on this function for now.

Separate variables. Keep higher derivatives on top.



The choice of
is for convenience.

Write the new ODEs and BCs.


The solution of X is:



Letting
would give no interesting solutions.

The m = 0 case would not add any information to the sum in the final answer.




Letting
would give no interesting solutions.


- The eigenvalues are

The eigenfunctions
are
No coefficients are needed in the formula for the eigenfunctions. They are absorbed by the other constants A and B. The solution is
The first initial condition gives

This is the sine-sine double Fourier series for f(x,y), so the coefficients are given by











![u(x,y,t) = \psi(t)\phi(x,y)= \sum_{m,n=1}^\infty \sin(\frac{m\pi x}{a})\sin(\frac{n\pi y}{b})\left[A_{m,n} \cos(\sqrt{\lambda_{m,n}}\,c t) + B_{m,n} \sin(\sqrt{\lambda_{m,n}}\,c t)\right]\,](/wiki/images/math/a/f/9/af9579b73f34f4629f3ada825ae5075f.png)


