Partial Differential Equations, Wave Equation

2013 ◽  
pp. 1638-1640
Author(s):  
Richard H. Clayton

We introduce a method for constructing solutions of homogeneous partial differential equations. This method can be used to construct the usual, well-known, separable solutions of the wave equation, but it also easily gives the non-separable localized wave solutions. These solutions exhibit a degree of focusing about the propagation axis that is dependent on a free parameter, and have many important potential applications. The method is based on constructing the space-time Fourier transform of a function so that it satisfies the transformed partial differential equation. We also apply the method to construct localized wave solutions of the wave equation in a lossy infinite medium, and of the Klein-Gordon equation. The localized wave solutions of these three equations differ somewhat, and we discuss these differences. A discussion of the properties of the localized waves, and of experiments to launch them, is included in the Appendix.


Author(s):  
Renfrey B. Potts

AbstractOrdinary difference equations (OΔE's), mostly of order two and three, are derived for the trigonometric, Jacobian elliptic, and hyperbolic functions. The results are used to derive partial difference equations (PΔE's) for simple solutions of the wave equation and three nonlinear evolutionary partial differential equations.


1971 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-465
Author(s):  
Erich Zauderer

The solution of problems involving the propagation of discontinuities and other singularities for hyperbolic partial differential equations by means of progressing wave expansions is discussed in the book by Courant(l). He also refers to the work of Hadamard, Friedlander, Ludwig and others on this subject. More recently, Ludwig (2), Lewis(3) and others have considered 'uniform' progressing wave expansions for various problems. These expansions are valid in regions where the standard expansions are not suitable and they can be re-expanded in the standard form outside these regions. Examples of such regions are given by envelopes of bicharacteristic curves or, equivalently, caustics and by shadow boundaries such as occur in diffraction problems. In each of these regions, which we term 'transition regions' different types of uniform expansions are required.


2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Wilson ◽  
A. H. Kara

Equivalent Lagrangians are used to find, via transformations, solutions and conservation laws of a given differential equation by exploiting the possible existence of an isomorphic algebra of Lie point symmetries and, more particularly, an isomorphic Noether point symmetry algebra. Applications include ordinary differential equations such as theKummer equationand thecombined gravity-inertial-Rossbywave equationand certain classes of partial differential equations related to multidimensional wave equations.


2013 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Abdur Rab ◽  
Jasmin Akhter

In this paper we establish a traveling wave solution for nonlinear partial differential equations using sine-function method. The method is used to obtain the exact solutions for three different types of nonlinear partial differential equations like general equal width wave equation (GEWE), general regularized long wave equation (GRLW), general Korteweg-de Vries equation(GKDV) which are the important soliton equations DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ganit.v32i0.13647 GANIT J. Bangladesh Math. Soc. (ISSN 1606-3694) 32 (2012) 55-60


Author(s):  
E. T. Copson

SummaryAn account is given of Professor Marcel Riesz's generalisation of the Riemann-Liouville integral of fractional order. It is shown that the new ideas introduced by Riesz may prove valuable in the theory of partial differential equations and in the theory of the wave-equation in momentum space.


2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 929-933
Author(s):  
J. S. Hämäläinen ◽  
J. Merikoski

We consider stochastic second-order partial differential equations. We indroduce a noisy non-linear wave equation and discuss its connections, in particular via the Lorentz transformation, with known stochastic models.


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