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38 CHAPTER 6. PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS<br />

Thus the characteristic curves are given by<br />

y 2 − x 2 = constant,<br />

y 2 + x 2 = constant.<br />

We take<br />

α = ϕ(x, y) =x 2 + y 2 , β = ψ(x, y) =x 2 − y 2 .<br />

We solve for x, y to obtain<br />

If we use (6.3.10) we find<br />

√ √<br />

α + β α − β<br />

x = , y = .<br />

2<br />

2<br />

˜b =8x 2 y 2 =2(α 2 − β 2 )<br />

˜d =2(y 2 − x 2 )=−2β<br />

ẽ =2(y 2 + x 2 )=2α<br />

and also<br />

u αβ =<br />

2β<br />

4(α 2 − β 2 ) u 2β<br />

α −<br />

4(α 2 − β 2 ) u β<br />

= βu a − αu β<br />

2(α 2 − β 2 ) .<br />

Example 6.3.6. Suppose that a, b, c, d, e, f in (6.3.4) are constants. Then the characteristics<br />

are given by<br />

dy<br />

dx = b ± √ b 2 − ac<br />

≡ ν ± .<br />

a<br />

Thus the characteristics are straight lines<br />

α = ϕ(x, y) =y − ν + x,<br />

β = ψ(x, y) =y − ν − x.<br />

In this case we get ã = ˜c = 0 and<br />

˜b = aϕx ψ x + b(ϕ x ψ y + ϕ y ψ x )+cϕ y ψ x<br />

= aν + ν − − b(⃗u + + ν − )+c<br />

= 2(ac − b2 )<br />

.<br />

a

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