Assignment 3
Assignment 3
PDE-MTH 405
1 X |α|!xα
= .
1 − (x1 + x2 + · · · + xd ) α!
(8) For ut − iux = 0, u(0, ·) = g(·), g real analytic at zero, the Taylor series for u was
dominated by
X (j + k)!(Bt)j (Bx)k
c .
j!k!
Show that this power series converges on a neighbourhood of (0, 0). Prove that
u, given by its convergent Taylor series, solves the initial value problem.
(9) Consider the heat equation, ut = νuxx , ν > 0, with initial value g(x), a polynomial
in x. Show that the Taylor series solution u has radius of convergence R = ∞.
Show that for each t, u is a polynomial in x. Is u polynomial in t?
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(10) For the heat equation ut = νuxx , ν > 0, with real analytic initial data g(x) = 1−ix ,
show that the Taylor series
X (∂t,x )α u(0, 0)(t, x)α
, α ∈ N × N,
α!
converges for no t, x with t 6= 0.
(11) Show that if the initial value problem utt + uxx = 0, u(0, ·) = 0, ut (0, ·) = f (·),
has a C 2 solution on a neighbourhood of (0, 0), then f and u must be real analytic
on a neighbourhood of (0, 0).
(12) Let p denotes a positive real number. Show that the function f : R → R defined
by
f (x) = exp(−x−p ) for x > 0
f (x) = 0 for x ≤ 0
∞
belongs to C (R), but is not a real analytic at x = 0.