
Exercises 281
6.1.3.
1. u
ξξ
+ u
ηη
+ u
γγ
= 0,
ξ = y, η = x −y, γ = y −
1
2
x +
1
2
z;
2. u
ξξ
+ u
ηη
+ u
γγ
= 0,
ξ = z, η = y −x, γ = x −2y + 2z;
3. u
ξξ
−u
ηη
+ 7u = 0,
ξ = y + z, η = −y −2z, γ = x −z;
4. u
ξξ
+ 5u = 0,
ξ = y, η = x −2y, γ = −y + z;
5. u
ξξ
−u
ηη
+ u
γγ
+ u
η
= 0,
ξ =
1
2
x, η =
1
2
x + y, γ = −
1
2
x −y + z;
6. u
ξξ
−2u
ξ
= 0,
ξ = z, η = y −2z, γ = x −3z;
7. u
ξξ
+ u
ηη
+ u
γγ
+ u
ττ
= 0,
ξ = t, η = y −t, γ = t −y + z, τ = x −2y + z + 2t;
8. u
ξξ
+ u
ηη
+ u
γγ
−u
ττ
= 0,
ξ = x + y, η = y + z −t, γ = t, τ = y −x;
9. u
ξξ
−u
ηη
+ u
γγ
= 0,
ξ = x, η = y −x, γ = 2x −y + z, τ = x + z + t.
6.1.4.
1. The
change
of variables
ξ = x + y, η = 3x + 2y
reduces the equation to the canonical form u
ξη
= 0 with the general solution u =
f (ξ) + g(η), hence
u(x,y) = f (x + y) + g(3x + 2y),
where f and g are arbitrary twice continuously differentiable functions;
2. u(x,y) = f (y −x) + exp((x −y)/2)g(y −2x);
3. u(x,y) = f (x + 3y) + g(3x + y) exp((7x + y)/16);