Chapter 6 Partial Differential Equations
Chapter 6 Partial Differential Equations
Chapter 6 Partial Differential Equations
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6.3. CHARACTERISTICS AND HIGHER ORDER EQUATIONS 41<br />
into canonical form. Here we have b 2 −ac = x 2 −x 2 = 0, so the equation is of parabolic<br />
type and the characteristics are found from<br />
or<br />
Take<br />
dy<br />
dx = b a = −x,<br />
y = − x2<br />
2 + c.<br />
ϕ(x, y) =y + x2<br />
2 ,<br />
ψ(x, y) =x.<br />
Then<br />
˜d = aϕ xx +2bϕ xy + cϕ yy + dϕ x + eϕ y = (1)(1)+0+0+0+(−2)(1) = −1,<br />
ẽ = aψ xx +2bψ xy + cψ yy + dψ x + eψ y =0,<br />
and so<br />
u ββ − u α =0.<br />
III. Elliptic Case: Assume that D = b 2 − ac < 0. For this case we choose to proceed<br />
in a purely formal fashion. This problem turns out to be rather messy and lengthy<br />
to carry out in detail. For a detailed treatment we refer to the text by Garabedian<br />
[6]. In particular, we will assume that a, b and c are analytic functions near the<br />
point in question (x 0 ,y 0 ). This can be avoided but not without great difficulty. The<br />
characteristic equation (6.3.18) factors in this case into<br />
a<br />
(<br />
v x −<br />
[ −b + i<br />
√<br />
ac − b<br />
2<br />
a<br />
]<br />
v y<br />
)(<br />
v x −<br />
[ √ ] )<br />
−b − i ac − b<br />
2<br />
v y =0.<br />
a<br />
We seek a solution of the characteristic equation solving, for example,<br />
( [ √ ] )<br />
−b + i ac − b<br />
2<br />
v x −<br />
v y =0.<br />
a<br />
Let us suppose that we find z(x, y) =ϕ(x, y)+iψ(x, y) so that<br />
Note that in the present case we must have ac < 0 which means that a and c have the<br />
same sign and are not zero. We seek a holomorphic function ϕ = ϕ 1 + iϕ 2 such that<br />
aϕ x +<br />
(b + i √ )<br />
ac − b 2 ϕ y =0,